The topography and geology of the Fayum province of Egypt

About this eBook

Author

Beadnell, H. J. L. (Hugh John Llewellyn), 1874-1944

Original Publication

Cairo: National Printing Department, 1905.

Credits

Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Smithsonian Institution Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

QE: Science: Geology

Subject

Geology -- Egypt

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74831

Release Date

December 3, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY OF THE FAYUM PROVINCE OF EGYPT
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.PART I. — Section I.—CULTIVATED LAND. — Section II.—THE BIRKET EL QURUN. — Section III.—THE SURROUNDING DESERT REGION. — Section IV.—WADI RAYAN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. — Section V.—CENTRAL AREA OF THE REGION. — Section VI.—RIDGE SEPARATING THE NILE VALLEY AND THE FAYUM. — Section VII.—THE NORTHERN DESERT REGION.
6. 6.PART II. — Section VIII.—FAULTING AND FOLDING.
7. 7.PART III. — Section IX.—GENERAL AND CLASSIFICATION OF STRATA. — Section X.—MIDDLE EOCENE (PARISIAN). — A. — Wadi Rayan Series. —( Nummulites Gizehensis Beds ). — B. — Ravine Beds. — C. — Birket el Qurun Series ( Operculina-Nummulite Beds ). — D. — Qasr el Sagha Series ( Carolia Beds ). — Section XI.—UPPER EOCENE (BARTONIAN)—LOWER OLIGOCENE. — E. — Fluvio-Marine Series ( Jebel el Qatrani Beds ). — F. — Age of the “Fluvio-Marine Series”. — G. — The Position of the Land-mass from which the Mammal Remains were Derived. — H. — The absence of Miocene deposits in the Fayûm. — Section XII.—PLIOCENE. — J. — Marine Deposits: Middle Pliocene. — K. — Borings on Rock surfaces; of doubtful age. — L. — Gravel Terraces: ? Upper Pliocene. — M. — Gypseous deposits, probably dating from the close of the Pliocene Period. — N. — Summary of the Pliocene Period. — Section XIII.—PLEISTOCENE. — Section XIV.—RECENT. — O. — Prehistoric. — P. — Historic.
8. 8.APPENDIX I.
9. 9.APPENDIX II.
10. 10.INDEX
11. 11.Transcriber's note:

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