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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13205931364).jpg 68 <br> PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NoV 18 <br> black flints and Hippurites ; these particularly abound near Choleis <br> north of which spot I have had no opportunity of examining <br> The section No 2 shows the unconformable position of the older <br> and secondary rocks near Aliveri and the elevation of the latter into <br> a great mountain chain which runs through the island to the north- <br> ward and attains a height of nearly 8000 feet <br> The locality with lacustrine deposits which I shall first describe <br> is a district in the neighbourhood of Koumi on the east shore of <br> Euboea immediately opposite the Gulf of Smyrna At this spot a <br> similar formation has been described in a former paper read to the <br> Society where it is suggested that some of the sea cliffs were portions <br> of the bottom of a freshwater lake identical with the eocene basins <br> in Europe <br> At Koumi also there is a continuous line of cliffs washed by the <br> sea about five miles in length composed of deposits identical with <br> those in the Gulf of Smyrna both in mineral character and fossils <br> Koumi is one of the most fertile districts in Eubcea Its fertilitj' <br> is due entirely to the presence of this formation ; and like the loca- <br> lities of contemporary origin on the Asiatic shore it is favourable <br> for the growth of the vine and in repute either for the quality of its <br> wmes or raisms <br> s w <br> Section 3 Across the Valley of Kastkovalla and Koumi <br> N E <br> 3 Lacustrine beds <br> 2 Secondary limestone <br> 1 Schists <br> S Serpentine <br> At ttie point marked A is a band of lignite At a is a fossiliferous bed containing the remains of <br> fishes plants and freshwater shells <br> Section No 3 is on a line crossing the district of Koumi nearly <br> N E and S W and intersecting two valleys ; that of Koumi and <br> Kastrovalla which are filled by lacustrine deposits The deposits <br> in these two basins lie nearly horizontally between rocks of secondary <br> origin On the west side of the valley of Kastrovalla the formation <br> abuts against the flanks of a high mountain between 5000 and 6000 <br> feet above the sea composed of a mass of grey compact limestone <br> dipping to the east at about 25° I found fragments of Hippurites <br> in this limestone near the village of Konistra <br> The two valleys are separated by a narrow ridge composed of <br> semi- crystalline limestone and dark friable schists and shales which <br> are uplifted nearly in a vertical position by the protrusion of serpen- <br> tine which appears in several places on the west side of the ridge <br> These schists and limestones I have no doubt are a portion of a <br> Quart Geol Journ vol i part 1 p 156 36932789 113687 51125 Page 68 Text v 3 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36932789 1847 Geological Society of London NameFound Euboea NameConfirmed Euboea NameBankID 2995487 NameFound Hippurites NameConfirmed Hippurites EOLID 4773611 NameBankID 4195877 NameFound Konistra NameConfirmed Konistra NameBankID 4556740 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 3 1847 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36932789 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36932789 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-17 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13205931364 2015-08-26 12 51 32 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1847 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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