Records of the Geological Survey of India Volume 2, Pts. 1-4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...coal; coral and conglomerate banks and fringing reefs. 6. Pulo Milu.--A small island on the north side of Little Nicobar, consisting of strongly raised sandstone beds, with flat coral ground, fresh water alluvium, and fringing reefs round the whole island. 7. Island Kondul on the north side of Great Nicobar.--Sandstone, sandy slates, and beds of clay-marl alternating with each other, flat coral ground of very limited extent, fresh water alluvium, and fringing reefs. 8. A small bay on the northern coast of Great Nicobar.--Sandstone bills, salt-and brackish-water swamps. 9. East side of the southern bay (Galathea Bay) of Great Nicobar, in which flows the Galathea river; sandstone mountains; flat coral ground, coral and conglomerate formation at the level of the breakers, fringing reefs; pebbles of bituminous coal on the strand. These places are, with the exception of Car-Nicobar, the same as were seen by tin? Danish geologist Dr. Rink, accompanying the expedition of the Danish Corvette Galathea in 1846, and were, beside many others in the Archipelago, visited by him during a stay of four months, described in a special work. As to scientific inquiry, I left the Nicobars quite unsatisfied in spite of the comparatively long time of one month which we spent in their waters; T know well how little my own observations increase the geological knowledge of the islauds. for which we are indebted to Dr. Kink; for just the grandest objects, the islands Terressa, Little and Great Nicobar remained for me totally a terra incognita. But I am conscious to have done every thing that it was possible to do under the circumstances, and in this point of view the few observations I can offer must be criticised. Car-Nicobar is a low island, the average height of which above the lev...