ABSTRACT

CHRONOLOGICAL RELATION OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD, AND THE EARLIEST KNOWN SIGNS OF MAN’S APPEARANCE IN EUROPE—SERIES OF TERTIARY DEPOSITS IN NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK IMMEDIATELY ANTECEDENT TO THE GLACIAL PERIOD—GRADUAL REFRIGERATION OF CLIMATE PROVED BY THE MARINE SHELLS OF SUCCESSIVE GROUPS—MARINE NEWER PLIOCENE SHELLS OF NORTHERN CHARACTER, NEAR WOODBRIDGE—SECTION OF THE NORFOLK CLIFFS—NORWICH CRAG—FOREST BED AND FLUVIO-MARINE STRATA—FOSSIL PLANTS AND MAMMALIA OF THE SAME—OVERLYING BOULDER CLAY AND CONTORTED DRIFT—NEWER FRESHWATER FORMATION OF MUNDESLEY COMPARED TO THAT OF HOXNE—GREAT OSCILLATIONS OF LEVEL IMPLIED BY THE SERIES OF STRATA IN THE NORFOLK CLIFFS—EARLIEST KNOWN DATE OF MAN LONG SUBSEQUENT TO THE EXISTING FAUNA AND FLORA.