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II.—Notes on the Age and Structure of the Gneissose-Granite of the Himalayas with reference to Mr. Middlemiss's Memoir on the Geology of Hazara

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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In the first part of this paper I confined myself to the consideration of the age of the Himalayan granite; in this I propose to discuss Mr. Middlemiss's views regarding the cause of its foliation.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1897

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page 350 note 1 Sir A. Geikie mentions interesting cases of “extreme mechanical deformation by the movement of a still molten rock” in his paper on the Tertiary Basalt Plateaux of N.W. Europe (Q.J.G.S., vol. lii, p. 333).Google Scholar

page 353 note 1 “This gabbro,” he writes, “was formerly regarded as a later sedimentary series!” (Loc. cit., p. 768.)Google Scholar

page 354 note 1Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.”—HORACE.