Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
In the last volume of the Geological Magazine the question concerning the origin of the Loess has been discussed by several authors in a minute and rather excited manner. Mr. Howorth has firstly expressed his opinion on that question in the Magazine for January and February, 1882, and he there combats the theory of the formation of the Loess as set forth by Baron Kichthofen (China, Bd. I., Berlin 1877). This distinguished geographer and geologist found himself compelled to explain and defend his theory in a detailed letter to the Editor of the Geological Magazine for July last, in which he enumerates and discusses the most important arguments of his theory.
page 52 note 1 Cf. Verhandlungen d. k. k. geol. Reichsanst. in Wien, 1878, No. 12. 1880, No. 12. Zeitschr. f. d. gesammten Naturwiss. 1875, Bd. 45, pp. 1–28 mit Taf. 1876, Bd. 47, pp. 1–68, mit Taf. Ed. 48, pp. 177–236, mit Tafel. “Gaea,” 1877, pp. 218–223; 1879, pp. 663–671, u. 712–726; “Globus,” 1878, Bd. 34, No. 6 u. 7, 1880, Bd. 37, No. 1 u. No. 20. “Ausland,” 1876, p. 937 ss. 1877, p. 594 ss. 1878, p. 114 ss. 1880, No, 26. Archiv f. Anthropologie, 1877, pp. 359–398, 1878, pp. 1–24. Zeitschr. f. Ethnologie, 1879, p. 137 ss. mit Taf. and numerous reports in the Sitzungsberichten der Berliner Ges. f. Urgeschichte since 1876.—Neues Jahrb. f. Mineralogie, 1880, p. 118 ss. mit. 2 Tafeln.Google ScholarIbidem numerous briefl. Mittheilungen.—Zeitschr. d. deutscben geol. Gesellscb. 1880, pp. 468–509. Jahresbericbt d. Vereins f. Naturw. in Braunschweig, 1879–1880, pp. II ss., 1880–81, pp. 28 ss. “Natur,” 1879, No. 45.
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page 54 note 1 See my essay in the “Gaea,” 1877, p. 222.Google Scholar
page 54 note 2 Mr. Howorth and every one can examine my collections of fossil hones, which are preserved in the Zoological Museum of the Roy. Acad. for Agriculture at Berlin.Google Scholar
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page 55 note 1 Other naturalists, as Prof. Liebe at Gera, Prof. Woldrich at Vienna, Prof. Laube at Prague, who examined my hypothesis by their own researches, have come to the same result. Cf. Liebe, Arch. f. Anthrop. ix. p. 162. Zoolog. Garten, 1878, No. 2. Woldrich, Sitzgsber. d. Acad. d. Wiss. in Wien. 1880 u. 1881.Google Scholar
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page 57 note 2 Pupa muscorum, Helix pulchella, Chondtula tridens, Succinea obfanga are abundant in the steppe-like surroundings of the Altai. Helix striata, which species at Westeregeln is most prevalent, occurs at present always on dry grassy slopes of loamy or sandy hills. Helix tenuilabris is found living on the woodless heights of the Swabian Alp, and Helix hispida I found abundant on the nettles of dry sandy hills far distant from any wood.Google Scholar
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