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Quaternary Conditions in Malta

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. T. Trechmann
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To compare a rising island (Barbados) with one supposed to be sinking (Malta) two visits were paid to Malta and Gozo in 1933 and 1936 of four and six weeks’ duration. One is soon convinced that a good deal is yet to be learnt about these islands, especially as regards the later deposits. The Pleistocene beds of the Maltese islands occur as a number of separated deposits and can be classified into:—

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Geological Magazine , Volume 75 , Issue 1 , January 1938 , pp. 1 - 26
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1938

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