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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12684268405).jpg 1852 <br> PRATT ” GEOLOGY OF CATALONIA <br> 269 <br> -uBj\ jo-a-M <br> s <br> J <br> I <br> s <br> ¢SBpiBQ <br> ¢TBnopojBg <br> VOL VIII PART <br> The road between Jonquera and Gerona <br> by Figueras is chiefly over an undulating <br> plain varied by a few low ridges of hills ; <br> the plain itself being covered by a deep <br> alluvium composed chiefly of disintegrated <br> granite which rock rises in several places <br> a few feet above the surface The low <br> ridges of hills alluded to consist of an im- <br> pure sandy limestone covering in places a <br> red marly sandstone On approaching <br> Figueras these hills rise considerably to <br> wo the west and contain fossils of the lower <br> S oolitic period; some of the species appear <br> to be closely similar to those of the in- <br> ferior oolite of this country This is an <br> important fact as the whole of this district <br> has been coloured in the map of France <br> as belonging to the cretaceous period A <br> very extensive plain extends from Figueras <br> to the north-east and south varied in a <br> few places by low and very limited hills <br> composed of alluvial masses of various <br> i i epochs This plain extends towards Gerona <br> II but it is greatly disturbed for about ten <br> iM miles at half the distance and is intersected <br> I S by very deep narrow valleys or fissures in <br> - which are found numerous masses of an- <br> il gular granite porphyry and lava After <br> I I passing this disturbed district the plain <br> - - extends to Gerona where a lofty ridge <br> nearly 3000 feet high suddenly rises ; <br> which stretching nearly eastwards to the <br> coast appears to form a connection with <br> the most southerly of the parallel ridges <br> before alluded to This high ridge near <br> Gerona is composed in the lower part of <br> thick beds of schist having a metamorphic <br> character A few outbreaks of granite at <br> a low elevation have been noticed along <br> the line The schistose beds are covered <br> by thick deposits of limestone and above <br> them is a red marly sandstone In the <br> limestone a few compressed fossils are found <br> 1 1 consisting chiefly of Encrinite stems and a <br> very few bivalve shells probably Brachio- <br> poda The sandstone is covered at nearly <br> the same inclination with numerous calca- <br> reous deposits of the early Tertiary period <br> The lower beds of the latter contain several <br> species of Foraminifera with a few small <br> T <br> o s 35461323 109911 51125 Page 269 Text v 8 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35461323 1852 Geological Society of London NameFound Foraminifera NameConfirmed Foraminifera EOLID 2869058 NameBankID 5953016 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 8 1852 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35461323 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35461323 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-21 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12684268405 2015-08-27 12 52 08 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1852 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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