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The Geology of the Libyan Desert

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IN NATURE, vol. xxii. p. 587, there appeared a notice of the anniversary address for that year to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Munich delivered by Prof. Karl A. Zittel, the well-known Professor of Geology and Palaeontology at the Munich University. The address contained a preliminary sketch of the work, the complete account of which occupies the quarto volume and portion of a second volume now before us.

Beiträge zur Geologie und Palœontologie tier Libyscken Wüste und der angrenzenden Gebiete von Ægypten, unter Mitwirking mehrerer Fachgenossen, herausgegeben von

Karl A. Zittel. I Theil und II Abtheilung, 1 Heft. (Contributions to the Geology and Palœontology of the Libyan Desert and of the Neighbouring Districts of Egypt. By Karl A. Zittel, with the assistance of several scientific men. Part I. and Part II., Section 1.) (Cassel: Fischer, 1883.)

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B., W. The Geology of the Libyan Desert . Nature 29, 121–122 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/029121a0

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