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Identifier: quarterlyjourna541898geol (find matches)
Title: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Geological Society of London
Subjects: Geology
Publisher: London (etc.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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, in which the realrock-floor is nowhere visible. It is true that Davos does not standon an alluvial flat in the usual sense of the term, owing to thepresence of great talus-fans on both sides; but the appearance ofthe central area is such that one finds the unscientific visitor quiteready to believe in the former extension of the lake. The stretchof level which produces this effect is not, however, at the head ofthe lake, but on the side of the present outflow. On the western side several streams flowing from deep-cut gorgeshave poured their burden of detritus in spreading fans over the footof the mountains. The Schiatobel, between Davos Platz and DavosDorf, forms the convex surface on which much of the new town is^ ^ Naturbilder d. Rhat. Alpen ; see also Lubbock, Scenery of Switzerland,London, 1896, p. 456. ^ The term is used in this paper merely to signify the latest time of glaciationtof the district. Pig. 1.—Map of the Davos Valley.(Scale 1 : 25,000, or al jut ^ inch = 1 mile.)
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(The dotted areas represent the superficial deposits : moraine-material, talus-fans, river-accumulations, and alluvium. Heights are expressed in metres.A A, BB, etc.=transverse sections, for which see fig. 2, p. 284.) ^82 ME. A. YAUGHAN JENNINGS ON (^^^g- 1898, built. The Albertitobel, south of Davos Platz, contains only a smallstream, but one which is powerful and even disastrous in lioodtime.Its talus-fan is of immense thickness and spreads right and left,underlying the rounded hillocks of the Gemsjager hay-meadowsand the southern extension of the town.^ Opposite to it, the rapidweathering of the Jacobshorn has resulted in the accumulation ^f agreat fan on the eastern slope. These great deposits at the mouths of the incurrent valleys, andthe weathering of the slopes between them, have not only disturbedthe general level of the area, but add greatly to the difficulty of thegeologist in tr3ing to ascertain the real contour of the solid rock.It is important to note that the edges of th

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