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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12645620244).jpg 192 <br> PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DeC 13 <br> having been examined by M Briinner proved to form a very instruct- <br> ive trough as expressed in figs 9 and 10 the lowest rocks on either <br> side being the upper neocomian b surmounted by the Sewer-kalk <br> d or equivalent of the inoceramus limestone and this by a basin of <br> nummulitic limestone and flysch / <br> Fig 9 <br> Fig 10 <br> Stansted <br> Stanz <br> d f d <br> g Flysch <br> / Nummulite limestone <br> d Sewer-kalk or chalk <br> b Neocomian upper <br> The lowest of these diagrams fig 10 represents the general rela- <br> tions at the south-western end of the promontory between Stansted <br> and Stanz where the nummulitic rocks are squeezed up whilst fig 9 <br> on the strike of the same strata to the W N W shows how the basin <br> of nummulitic and flysch rocks expands and becomes regular <br> The Orbitolites which occupy beds of considerable thickness in the <br> mountains of Ralhgstock and Beattenberg near Thun are here con- <br> tained in a green calcareous sandstone of a few feet thickness only <br> whilst the Nummidites millecaput Boubee or polygyrata Desh <br> is much developed and seeming according to Briinner to replace in <br> this spot the small N rotularis Desh or iV globulus Leym <br> The first-mentioned large and striking species which is so extensively <br> distributed over the globe reappears in many other tracts to the <br> north-east as will be hereafter detailedf <br> When M Briinner examined this promontory he had not had his attention <br> called to the thin band of secondary greensand or gault which we afterwards found <br> so usually intercalated as in Savoy between the upper neocomian and the inoce- <br> ramus limestones ; and in a rapid examination looking chiefly to the great relations <br> and general symmetry of the trough a few feet of greensand may he thinks have <br> escaped him See fig 10 <br> t In my tour I necessarily used the specific names given to the Nummulites and <br> other Foraminifera of the Swiss Alps by Riittimeyer and Briinner ; but on com- <br> paring the forms I collected M D'Archiac to whom I referred them identi- <br> fies several of them with species previously named and described in France Thus <br> whether the following names as given in Italics be finally adopted or not their <br> equivalents being here mentioned no misunderstanding can arise The fact which 35268836 109512 51125 Page 192 Text v 5 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35268836 1849 Geological Society of London NameFound Foraminifera NameConfirmed Foraminifera EOLID 2869058 NameBankID 5953016 NameFound Nummulites NameConfirmed Nummulites EOLID 6817785 NameBankID 3399048 NameFound Nummulites rotularis NameConfirmed Nummulites rotularius EOLID 6817842 NameFound Orbitolites NameConfirmed Orbitolites EOLID 6817858 NameBankID 3399208 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 5 1849 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35268836 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35268836 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-20 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12645620244 2015-08-27 10 56 22 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1849 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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