A Sketch of the Structure of the Eastern Alps: With Sections Through the Newer Formations on the Northern Flanks of the Chain, and Through the Tertiary Deposits of Styria, &c &c1831 - Alps - 120 pages |
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Abtenau Alpine limestone Ammonites appear arenaceous ascending axis bands bank basin of Vienna Bavaria beds Belemnites bivalves blue marls Boué calc-grit calcareous calcareous grit Cerithium chain chalk coal coarse colour concretionary conglomerate containing cretaceous Danube described Eastern Alps Eningen feet fossils fucoid grits Gebirge geological gorge Gosau green greenish grey Hallein Häring Hartberg hills horizontal Ibid inclined indurated Kressenberg lake lignite Lower Styria marls marlstone masses micaceous micaceous sandstone molasse mountain nearly newer north flank Nummulites oolitic oolitic series organic remains overlying deposits parallel pass pebbles Pecten phenomena Plate XXXVI portion preceding primary quarries Radkersberg red sandstone resembling ridges saliferous sand sandstone sandy secondary and tertiary secondary system seen shale shells side slaty Sonthofen Sowerby species specimens strata structure subordinate surmounted tertiary tertiary deposits tertiary formations tertiary groups tertiary system thickness traces Traunstein Untersberg upper valley Vienna basin volcanic