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III.—Notes on the “Pleistocene Beds” of the Maltese Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

John H. Cooke
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In August, 1891, I published in the Geological Magazine the results of my work on the Pleistocene beds of Gozo. Since then I have made a careful and systematic survey of the islands, and have discovered and traced out several important beds that had escaped the notice of those who had preceded me in working out the islands' geology. In the following “notes” I have briefly summarized the results in the hope that they may be of use, not only to other students of the geology of the district, but also to the agriculturist, who, by drawing on the resources that they offer, may bring into cultivation much of that portion of the western parts of the islands which from its supposed dearth of soil has hitherto been looked upon as uncultivable. I have elsewhere described this district and its capabilities; there is, therefore, no need for me to enlarge upon that part of the subject here.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 3 , Issue 5 , May 1896 , pp. 201 - 210
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1896

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page 201 note 1 “Notes on the Pleistocene Beds of Gozo”: Geol. Mag., Aug. 1891. p. 348.Google Scholar

page 201 note 2 Cooke, J. H., “On the Cultivation of Agava rigida in Malta”: Med. Nat., Nos. 26 and 27, 1894.Google Scholar

page 202 note 1 Photographs of these, and of most of the other beds that are referred to in these notes, may be seen in the Library of the Geological Society of London.

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