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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12826381693).jpg 220 <br> PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NOV 4 <br> ciation in 1854 and which have <br> been adopted by the Geological <br> Survey of Great Britain I have felt <br> desirous of ascertaining whether <br> these subdivisions are represented <br> in Germany <br> As far however as the present <br> examination extends there appear <br> to be no grounds for subdividing <br> the Bunter of the Odenwald If <br> in England this formation presents <br> three successive stages correspond- <br> ing to the same number of periods <br> in its history ” on the other hand <br> in this part of Germany if we are <br> to judge by uniformity of mineral <br> character there have been no cor- <br> responding periods <br> The Range of the Odenwald <br> forms a barrier to the valley of the <br> Rhine in a north and south direc- <br> tion It is traversed by the deep <br> gorge of the Neckar along whose <br> banks good sections of the Red <br> Sandstone of the Odenwald are ex- <br> posed to view especially at Neckar- <br> steiner and Eberbach Near the <br> mouth of the gorge stand the <br> castle and town of Heidelberg on <br> a boss of granite ” one of those <br> isolated masses which frequently <br> protrude at the northern extremity <br> of the Odenwald and in greater <br> force in the neighbourhood of <br> Freiburg This granite consists of <br> several varieties considered by Sir <br> C Lyellf as corresponding to suc- <br> cessive periods of protrusion ; but <br> of its age it can only be asserted <br> that it is earlier than the Permian <br> and later than the Silurian epochs <br> as in the former case fragments <br> of it are found in the breccias of the <br> Since the above was written the <br> author has been informed by Sir R Mur- <br> chison that the German geologists have <br> lately established a threefold division of <br> the Bunter in other parts of Germany <br> f Elementarv Geologv 5th edit <br> p 573 <br> NO <br> 0 <br> 3 <br> S3 <br> So <br> SO <br> <br> ¢s <br> s <br> © <br> So <br> 2Q <br> J3 V <br> s <br> CO <br> C <br> Q <br> _ c <br> M <br> «A c-J 36214188 111684 51125 Page 220 Text v 14 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36214188 1858 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 14 1858 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36214188 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36214188 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-28 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12826381693 2015-08-26 17 57 39 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1858 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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