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X.—Notes on the Globigerina Limestones of the Maltese Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

John H. Cooke
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The Globigerina Limestones of the Maltese Islands consist of a series of beds of varying character, the upper portions of which belong to the Lower Langhian, while the lower are referred to the Upper Aquitanian. The formation extends throughout both islands, but in the north-western and western portions it is masked by overlying beds of clays, greensands, and limestones, of Tortonian and of Helvetian age.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 3 , Issue 11 , November 1896 , pp. 502 - 511
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1896

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page 503 note 1 For the determination of the Gorgonidæ I am indebted to Professor Angelli, Università di Roma.

page 503 note 2 Mr. G. F. Harris, F.G.S., kindly determined the Scalariæ

page 505 note 1 Bicarbonate of iron would be formed by the reaction of iron-oxide, and carbonic-oxide derived from decaying organic matter.

page 506 note 1 Cooke, J. H., “On the Flint and Chert of the Globigerina Limestones of the Maltese Islands”: Geol. Mag., Dec. III, Vol. X, 1893, p. 157.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

page 506 note 2 Ibid., “On the occurrence of Phoca rugosidens, Owen, in Maltese Strata”: Geol. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. II, May, 1895, p. 215.Google Scholar

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page 507 note 1 I am indebted to Professor Angelli, of Rome, for the determination of the corals.

page 507 note 2 Capellini, G., “Della Pietra Leccese e di Alcuni suoi Fossili,” Bologna.

page 507 note 3 Spratt, T., “On the Geology of Malta,” Valetta, 1854.

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page 508 note 4 Vide ante.

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page 509 note 1 Most probably all the Sirenian remains found in Malta are referable to the genus Halitherium.—Edit. Geol. Mag.