II.—Post-Tertiary Geology of Cornwall

Extract

The materials for a classification of the later Pleistocene deposits of Cornwall are so voluminous that it was found impossible to embody them in a single paper. Having submitted to the Geological Society a general classification with such notices of the deposits as seemed necessary to show the grounds whereon it was based, I purpose in the following paper to complete the notices of deposits. As an apology for the amount of compilation thus rendered necessary, I must plead the object of the papers, viz. to place in one view all that has been written on the subject, as references alone would entail more time and trouble in looking up than many readers would be disposed to concede.