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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12733618995).jpg Of THE VALLEY OF THE KHINE <br> 91 <br> same general outline is seen near Bheineck fig 9 where the terraced <br> form above the river cliff is well preserved Finally just about the <br> View near JtheinecJc <br> mouth of the gorge above the Siebengebirge looking up the river <br> the long hilly slopes on the coast are seen descending towards the <br> Ehine as in fig 10 ending in a terrace « similar in height and <br> Fig 10 ” View near the Siebengebirge looking south <br> general character to those previously mentioned In fact from end <br> to end of the gorge there are constant recurrences of these forms <br> on approximately corresponding levels above the Ehine and at other <br> elevations besides <br> As the gorge was being gradually cut out and deepened and as a <br> consequence of this the Ehine wandering through the plain beyond <br> Bingen by degrees lowered the surface of that broad part of the <br> valley; so just in proportion the Maine the Neckar the Murg the <br> Kinzig the Elz and other tributary rivers also lowered their <br> channels in other words when the Ehine flowed at a higher level <br> the valleys of the tributary streams were also proportionately higher ; <br> and this remark equally applies to the tributaries of the Ehine on <br> either side of the gorge such as the Lahn the Moselle and many <br> smaller streams By this means we arrive at the post-Miocene <br> history of the deepening of river- valleys over very large areas ; and <br> the reasoning now applied to the Ehine is equally applicable to <br> the Danube and other European rivers of equal importance <br> One other minor point remains with regard to the history of the <br> Ehine When the great Ehine-glacier aided by tributary streams <br> of ice spread westward in the valley some distance below the junc- <br> tion of the Ehine and the Aar vast quantities of moraine-matter <br> must have been shed from its western end or edge The large <br> bodies of water that then flowed from a glacier so enormous <br> carried great part of this moraine-matter down the course of the 35765948 110599 51125 Page 90 Text v 30 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35765948 1874 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 30 1874 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35765948 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35765948 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-24 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12733618995 2015-08-26 19 55 50 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1874 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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