. Botany of the Faeröes, based upon Danish investigations. Botany -- Faroe islands. hills above Hovedalen) they are overlaid by later basalts or dolerites. The coal-bearing strata occur in the upper part ot' the anamesite- beds and consist of clay separated by thin layers of coal; the highest coal met with occurs on Kvannafjæld, west of Hovedalen, at a height of some 500 metres; they reappear on the mountains to the north and are fmally foiind north of Kvalbo at sea-level, following the dip of the beds, which as already mentioned, is N. N. E. Above. Kig. 14. Strdmo. View from the neiglibourhoo
. Botany of the Faeröes, based upon Danish investigations. Botany -- Faroe islands. hills above Hovedalen) they are overlaid by later basalts or dolerites. The coal-bearing strata occur in the upper part ot' the anamesite- beds and consist of clay separated by thin layers of coal; the highest coal met with occurs on Kvannafjæld, west of Hovedalen, at a height of some 500 metres; they reappear on the mountains to the north and are fmally foiind north of Kvalbo at sea-level, following the dip of the beds, which as already mentioned, is N. N. E. Above. Kig. 14. Strdmo. View from the neiglibourhood of Kirkebdnæs Vertical faces of clifTs towards the sea. Showing the thin layers of tuff between beds of basalt. A smaller part of it is white with bird's dung (Shaw) besides showing small black striations (Algæ). (After a photograph by F. Borgesen). the coal-bearing strata are found a smaller area of anamesite-beds (100—200 m. thick) and then the beds of dolerite. Many attempts have been made to utilize this coal on a larger scale; but all have failed, partly because the coal is of inferior quality, being extremely ashy, and partly because the situation makes the working and shipping of it difficult. At present the coal is worked for home use in some mines in the Præstefjæld south of Kvalbo where the layers occur at a height of some 150 metres above the sea. At the village of Kvalbo it constitutes the chief fuel and it is also carried over the mountains to the surrounding villages. The above-mentioned beds of dolerite occupy the whole ofthe. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Carlsbergfondet (Copenhagen, Denmark). Copenhagen, Nordisk Forlag, London, Wheldon
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