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II.—Notes on the Geology of Egypt1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

William Dawson
William Dawson
Affiliation:
Principal of McGill College, Montreal
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A Sudden and great change takes place in the geology of the Nile valley in approaching the First Cataract, where we pass from the unaltered and nearly flat Nubian sandstones to rocks highly crystalline, greatly disturbed, and penetrated with multitudes of igneous veins.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 1 , Issue 10 , October 1884 , pp. 439 - 442
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1884

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page 440 note 1 In approaching the sandstone the strike of the schists changes to about N. 70° E.

page 441 note 1 Geol. Society of Germany, Jahrbueh, 1877. I have placed a suite of specimens in the hands of Prof. Bonney, F.R.S., who I hope may at some future time report on their precise lithological characters.