NEW DISCOVERIES IN CHOUKOUTIEN 1933-1934~1

Since the publication, in June 1933, of "Fossil Man in China", up to the present date (September 1934), a series of new observations have been made in the course of the Chonkoutien excavations. Although these new     

ON A COLLECTION OF YANGSHAO CULTURAL REMAINS FROM MIENCHIHHSIEN, HONAN

When surveying the Cenozoic geology between Loyang and Sian, the authors had an opportunity of visiting the famous Aeneolithic sites at Yangshaotsun (仰韶村) and Puchiaochai (不召塞), Mienchihhsien, Honan pro-     

On a Miocene Mammalian Fauna from Shantuug

The discovery of a Miocene mammalian fauna in Shanwang,Shantung,and the geological conditions of the site have already beenreported in an earlier paper~1 and need no repetition.A preliminary listof the fossils was given on page 178 of the same paper.In the summer     

An Early Tertiary Vertebrate Fauna from Yuauchü

In the Yuanchü-Mienchih border along the Huangho,a very promis-ing early Tertiary basin was known and first reported by Andersson.~1The fauna was later described by Zdansky.~2 Although most of the formsdescribed are in bad condition of preservation,this basin represents so     

Observatiens On the Siderite Deposits Of Shansi

DISCOVERY.The siderite deposit or clay ironstone was discovered bythe senior writer at Chintsui~1(Fig.1)and 30 kilometers north of Antsehcity~2 in southern Shansi.The siderite nodules are embedded in greenishlimy clay beds lying above the Carboniferous limestone and underneaththe Permo-Carboniferous red and green sandstones.In this locality only     

On some examples of River Capture

In the course of stream development, each stream and its tributaries tend toincrease their length by headward erosion, or in other words to enlarge their catchment area. A shifting of divide and eventually a struggle for existence by which a part or the whole of tne stream will be diverted or captured by the otherwill be resulted. This phenomena is called in physiography, river capture or river piracy.     

THE LATE CENOZOIC FORMATIONS OF S.E.SHANSI

Up to 1931 nothing was positively known concerning the Cenozoicformations eventually preserved in S.E.Shansi.The large area bounded by     

THE LATE CENOZOIC FORMATIONS OF S.E.SHANSI

Up to 1931 nothing was positively known concerning the Cenozoicformations eventually preserved in S.E.Shansi.The large area bounded by     

ON LOPINITE,A NEW TYPE OF COAL IN CHINA

To the east of Nanchang,the capital of Kiangsi Province,there cropsout a continuous belt of Permian coal series~1 trending approximately in thedirection from N.E.to S.W.Broadly speaking,this coal belt forms a synclinal