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IN his very interesting anniversary address before the Academy of Sciences in Munich Dr. Zittel has brought together all the known facts concerning the geology of the northern districts of Africa, in a manner which is calculated to render the greatest service to his fellow-workers in science. The address, with its accompanying map and numerous explanatory notes, constitutes indeed by far the best monograph on North African geology which has yet appeared. The author not only reviews the works of the various travellers who have furnished materials bearing upon the question, from Browne and Hornemann to Fraas, Rohlfs, and Schweinfurth, but what is of far more importance, gives the results of his own accurate study of the rocks and fossils collected and brought home by recent investigators. The general results arrived at by Dr. Zittel are as follows.
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The Geology of the Libyan Desert 1 . Nature 22, 587–588 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022587a0
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