. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. > ? m^^oi ent Gt^ OF THE VALLEY OF THE RHINE. 93 EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII. Map showing the present distribution of Miocene strata north of the post-Miocene Alps, and in the basin of Basel and Mainz. the contrary there seems to be agreement, a circumstance on which I may bepermitted to congratulate myself. With Professor Sandbergers permission Itrust soon to publish a translation of his memoir. From M. Merian, of Basel, and Professor Studer, of Berne, I received muchvaluable collateral information, which helped me to
. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. > ? m^^oi ent Gt^ OF THE VALLEY OF THE RHINE. 93 EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII. Map showing the present distribution of Miocene strata north of the post-Miocene Alps, and in the basin of Basel and Mainz. the contrary there seems to be agreement, a circumstance on which I may bepermitted to congratulate myself. With Professor Sandbergers permission Itrust soon to publish a translation of his memoir. From M. Merian, of Basel, and Professor Studer, of Berne, I received muchvaluable collateral information, which helped me to work out the theory pro-pounded in this memoir. MM. Dufrenoy and Elie de Beaumont attribute the original formation of theplain of the Rhine, between the Vosges and the Schwarzwald, to the sinking ofthe highest part of a long, gently curved arch formed by the ancient junction ofthe rocks of these mountains above the space now occupied by the valley. Thisspace, according to these distinguished authors, was let down by a series offaults, which produced the
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