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V.—Further Geological Notes on the Land of Deep Corrosions1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Extract

In the Geological Magazine for April, 1913, I drew attention to certain features of the country forming the Yunnan–Tibet border. Further travels there in 1913 and through the Burmese hinterland in 1914 enable me now to supplement and extend those notes.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1916

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References

page 209 note 2 “Geological Notes on the Land of Deep Corrosions,” pp. 148–53, Pls. V and VI.

page 214 note 1 If the slope from the Chin-sha Valley to the Brahmapootra were uniform, it would be, in round numbers, about 1 in 3,000, or a slope of 20 seconds.

page 217 note 1 The conglomerate is not solid right through, but forms an irregular ‘pan’ at varying depths.