¬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
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Autor:
Gilbert, Josiah ; Churchill, George C. / by Josiah Gilbert, and G. C. Churchill
Ort:
London
Verlag:
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green
Umfang:
XX, 576 S. : Ill., Kt.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort:
g.Dolomiten ; f.Reisebericht 1861-1863
Signatur:
II A-4.101
Intern-ID:
134614
and in its place there carne a graduai depressiori , wl.ich continued for a long period. The cbange occurred probably towards thè end of tfae Tuff deposits. During this period of depression the * Schiern Dolomite ’ and thè £ Raibl beds ’ were formed. The moststriking characteristic of the ‘Schiern Dolomite’ Formation is its distribntion in the form, either of great isolaied massives, or equally isolated long wall-like lines or curves. The Schiern, Lang Kofel, Ghierdenazza, Sella, and Marmolata
Mendola Dolomite being met with at 7,000 feet above thè sea, a thickness of about 4,500 feet remains for the Schiern Dolomite, in thè upper mass of thè Marmolata. It possesses a similar thickness in the Lang Kofel ; but at thè Sella plateau itis already less than 2,000 feet. Farther east, in Monte Nuvulau, Set Sass, and Monte Tofana, its thickness does not exceed a few hundred feet. Another way of grouping the £ Schiern Dolomite 5 may be made dependent upon tbe presence or absence of later beds lying
upon the Dolomite. The variety in the scenery is closely related to this difference. Hence the contrast between the pinnacles and hatchet-like blades of the Lang Kofel and thè level plateau surface of thè summit of the Schiern. The pinnacles of the Schiern, fringing its northern border, however, recali tbe Lang Kofel character. In the group characterised hy the presence of later beds
