Observation on the Loamy Deposit Called Löss of the Bassin of the Rhein

alluvium alternating Andernach appearance of stratification aquatic shells Bamberg barrier beds of pumice Beds of quartz Bingen Bruchsal Canstadt colour composed of loess containing covered crater Cyclas fontinalis dark volcanic denudation deposition of loess Dettelbach Drap drift shells Eifel feet in thickness flanks fossil shells found the loess fragment of pumice fresh-water shells greywacke Heidelberg height Heilbronn hills Höchst horizontal Kirchweg lacustrine Lahn left bank Limburg loam loamy sediment locss loess is seen loess resting loess was formed loess with shells Lymnea mass Mayence Mayn mile above Bonn modern shells drifted modern volcanic muschelkalk Neckar Neritina Neuwied number of individuals overlying places plain Planorbis Pupa and Clausilia pure loess quartz pebbles redder tint Rhine agree right bank river Roderberg Sayn Schist scoriæ Siebengebirge Soden spot strata of gravel Stuttgardt Succinea table-land Taunus Terrestrial Helix travertin unbroken shells usual characters valley Valvata piscinalis volcanic cinders volcanic matter Wurtemberg