. Geological magazine. the AncientChannels by which the Main and Neokar flowed intqthe Ehine near Wiesbaden. GeoLOGISCHE BeOBACHTUNGEN IM GeBIET DER ALTEN MiJNDUNGEN VON Main und Neokar in den Ehein. Voa A. Steuer.(PLATE XI.) THE accompanying photographic plate gives a good example offaulting in the Ehine Valley near Wiesbaden in the Pleistoceneperiod. The section in a large quarry south-east of Wiesbaden, southof Mosbach, was photographed during a recent survey of the districtl)y Herr Steuer, but other instances had long been known. On the right-hand side are shown the Hydrobia deposits (Mioc
. Geological magazine. the AncientChannels by which the Main and Neokar flowed intqthe Ehine near Wiesbaden. GeoLOGISCHE BeOBACHTUNGEN IM GeBIET DER ALTEN MiJNDUNGEN VON Main und Neokar in den Ehein. Voa A. Steuer.(PLATE XI.) THE accompanying photographic plate gives a good example offaulting in the Ehine Valley near Wiesbaden in the Pleistoceneperiod. The section in a large quarry south-east of Wiesbaden, southof Mosbach, was photographed during a recent survey of the districtl)y Herr Steuer, but other instances had long been known. On the right-hand side are shown the Hydrobia deposits (Miocene)covered by a thin layer of old river terrace, the Mosbach contrast between the hard calcareous beds and layers of marlwith Hydrobia brings out the faulting very clearly. On the left-hand side a large wedge of the sands is let down 10 metres intothe underlying marls, bringing Pleistocene deposits sharply againstTertiary. Many small faults may be seen both inside the wedgeand in other parts of the Diagram showing a large wedge of Mosbach Sands and Gravel of Glacial age,which have been let down, by faulting, 10 metres into the underlyingmarls of Miocene age with CorUcula and Hydrobia of the Mayence basin.(See centre of Plate XI.) The Mosbach Sands have yielded Ursus spelaus, Eleplias primi-genius, E. antiquus, Cervus canadensis, Alces latifrons, RhinocerosMerchi, Bison prisciis, etc. The old terraces of the Maine near its confluence with the Ehineare divided into three. The earliest, corresponding to the MosbachSands, is found at about 450 feet above the sea-level, or 200 feetabove the present river. But subsequent earth - movements havedisplaced it to such an extent that it is occasionally seen 150 feetbelow its normal level. The next terrace is not found in the specialdistrict described by the author, but the third, and lowest, formsa narrow belt along the river side not very far above the present?flood-levels. The greatest earth-mdvenlents are believed t
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