RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Trimmer, On the diluvial or northern drift of the eastern and western sides of the Cambrian chain, etc., 1838. CUL-DAR5.B85. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2021. RN1
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Trimmer, Joshua. 1838. On the diluvial or northern drift of the eastern and western sides of the Cambrian chain, etc. Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin 1: 286-312; 335-368.
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Two excellent Papers by Trimmer on Diluvium. – no lithodorni in ice-sea. stratified often covers in Wales unstratified - I cannot doubt deeply floating icebergs --- in Scotland Lyell often allude to this so in Wales – insists on absence of whole shells – fragments probably transported in shore ice.
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