¬The¬ Dolomite Mountains : excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli in 1861, 1862, & 1863 ; with a geological chapter and pictorial illustrations from original drawings on the spot
Pagina 546 di 600
Autore:
Gilbert, Josiah ; Churchill, George C. / by Josiah Gilbert, and G. C. Churchill
Luogo:
London
Editore:
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green
Descrizione fisica:
XX, 576 S. : Ill., Kt.
Lingua:
Englisch
Soggetto:
g.Dolomiten ; f.Reisebericht 1861-1863
Segnatura:
II A-4.101
ID interno:
134614
Predazzo, lower down, Masses of diabase are found near Pigolato in Friuli, and of a variegated porpbjry imme- diately to the south of Tarvis in tlie Julian Alps, With these exceptions, limestone is everywhere, either in its ordinary forms, or as Dolomite. For thè purposes of this eh apter, however, we dismiss frona consideration that portion of the great limestone zone that lies between thè line of thè Castello, Adamello, and Oertier *' Groups,’ and the great trough of the Adige. ■This we did
by thè Castello, Adamello, (Eitler, (Etzthaler, and Tauern c Groups,’—-forms a most. important element in the history of the development of South- Eastem Tyrol. Two great lines of ridge, bolli of porphyry, with a line of depression between them, owe their existence to this 4 Group,’ and run in a curved line parallel to it and