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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/135211| Title: | On the geology of Malta and Gozo |
| Authors: | Spratt, Thomas Abel Brimage |
| Keywords: | Natural history -- Malta -- 19th century Geology -- Malta Geology -- Malta -- Gozo Fossils -- Malta Paleontology -- Malta Spratt, Thomas Abel Brimage, 1811-1888 |
| Issue Date: | 1854 |
| Citation: | Spratt, Thomas A.B.(1854). On the geology of Malta and Gozo. Melitensia Miscellanea Collection (Melit-Misc. vol. 106.10). University of Malta Library, Melitensia Special Collections. |
| Abstract: | This paper, on the Geology of the Islands of Malta and Gozo, was, by my request, given to me by the Author, Captain Spratt R.N., with his permission to print it, and I do so in the hope that it may lead to a closer investigation of the structure of these Islands. Wm. Reid, Governor. Palace, Valletta 17th April 1832 Geology of Malta and Gozo. The Geology of the Islands is similar, and consists of a considerable portion of the middle division of the Tertiary formation, viz.: the Miocene. The numerous fossils and fine specimens of sharks teeth and Echinodermata which the deposits of these Islands contain, have long attracted the attention of the Collector and Geologist visiting them. And amongst the former, some have been found nearly 5 inches in length! vestiges of a Gigantic, but fortunately, extinct shark....[Excerpt] |
| Description: | 12 documents can be found at the end of the booklet : 3 maps + 9 illustrations |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/135211 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellania : volume 106 - A&SCMisc |
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