Abstract
THERE is comparatively little material available on the details of the geography of the Iberian peninsula. This study of the north-eastern corner of Spain is therefore welcome, although the author has dealt with little outside the purely physical aspects. Apart from the comparatively recent plains, M. Chevalier recognises three structural divisions in the mountains of Catalonia: The Pyrenees in the north with their exposures of ancient crystalline and palæozoic rocks; then the sierras of secondary and tertiary rocks of a newer topography with no evidence of glacial action; and then, lastly, the worndown remnants of old Hercynian foldings. Structure and surface features are fully discussed. There are many illustrations and sketch maps. The book is an enlarged edition of a volume in Catalan that appeared recently.
Les paysages Catalans: leurs aspects, leur structure et leur evolution.
Marcel
Chevalier
Par. (Aspects physiographiques de l'Espagne.) Pp. vi + 172 + 48 planches. (Paris: Albert Blanchard, 1929.) 30 francs.
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Les paysages Catalans: leurs aspects, leur structure et leur evolution . Nature 125, 232 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125232c0
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