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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12512701995).jpg 1871 <br> RATTEA T FERNAirDO NOEONHA <br> 33 <br> 5; 2' <br> s <br> 5- <br> i <br> <br> bp <br> N E of Cape San Eoqiie the most eastern part of the South-Ame- <br> rican continent the intervening channel being comparatively shaUow <br> compared with the deeper <br> waters to the east and north- <br> east The geology and physical <br> geography of the two thus con- <br> tiguous ought evidently there- <br> fore to be studied together <br> And it would be interesting to <br> know whether these islands a <br> mere speck in the ocean and <br> their rock-formations are or <br> are not connected with the <br> enormous mountain-chains and <br> rock-systems of the adjacent <br> mainland ” the volcanic rocks <br> of the former with the igneous <br> mass which forms so large a <br> part of Central Southern and <br> Eastern Brazil and especially <br> with the mo an tain -chains run- <br> ning for hundreds of miles <br> along this coast in a N E direc- <br> tion to terminate near 'Cape San <br> Roque of which Fernando <br> Noronha may be regarded as a <br> terminal spur May not the <br> conglomerate of Fernando No- <br> ronha be likewise connected in <br> origin and nature vsdth the <br> weU-marked tertiary deposits <br> flanking these mountain-chains <br> of Eastern Brazil <br> Evidence of a gradual ver- <br> tical movement in these islands <br> in comparatively recent times <br> is not wanting thus ” -Jirst <br> in the old high-water mark of <br> the group being considerably <br> above its present level as seen <br> for example at the base of the <br> Fort Eoek Le Grange Les <br> Jumeaux c ; and second in <br> the sides of Booby Island now <br> hollowed into a long series <br> of caves whose roofs lie well <br> overhead The nature of a <br> large perforation in the inner <br> end of Cape Placelliere appa- <br> rently in basalt and high above <br> VOL XXVril PAKT I 34984974 108770 51125 Page 33 Text v 28 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34984974 1872 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 28 1872 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34984974 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34984974 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12512701995 2015-08-27 09 57 33 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1872 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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