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ing. Among the shells collected in the subglacial clay Dr. W. H. Dall has identified the following:

  • Cardium gronlandicum, Gronl.
  • Cardium islandicum, L.
  • Kennerlia grandis, Dall.
  • Leda fossa, Baird.
  • Macoma sabulosa, Spengler.

Similar shells, all of living species, were previously found at an elevation of five thousand feet on the crest of a fault scarp at Pinnacle pass, showing that recent elevations of land much greater than the one recorded in the marine clay just noticed have taken place. In fact there are several indications that the coast in the vicinity has been rising and that the same process is still continuing.

Israel C. Russell.

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