60 SOME NOTES ON "MOORLOG."
and some light may be thrown on the early flora and fauna of
these submerged fenlands.
Peaty material is frequently dredged and washed up near the
shores of our eastern coasts, e.g., near Cromer, in the case of
the celebrated Forest Bed of late Pliocene age, and of later
periods in other parts. Although the material may be similar in
appearance to the Dogger Bank deposit, the latter has a special
interest inasmuch as it is now far from land, and apparently not
connected with the deposits on our shores or those on the
Continent.
In conclusion we have to express our gratitude to Mr.
Clement Reid and Mrs. Reid for their kindness in isolating,
naming, and reporting upon the plant remains. To Mr. F. J.
Chittenden we are indebted for the naming of the moss frag-
ments, and to Mr. G. C. Champion for the identification of the
elytra of beetles. Mr. H. L. Lamb, A.M.I.C.E., very kindly
prepared the Map from rough sketches and notes. Nor can we
conclude without some acknowledgment of the all important
help of the friends of Mr. Goodchild, who have saved him
the samples, and for the many helpful suggestions and encourage-
ment that Mr. Cole has given us from time to time.
ADDENDUM.
The following extract gives Sir Archibald Geikie's views on
the probable origin of the Dogger Bank, and is quoted from his
Landscape in History (1905), p. 131:—
"With an uprise of 600 feet a vast plain would unite Britain to Denmark'
Holland, and Belgium, and would present two platforms, of which the more
southerly would stretch from what are now the Straits of Dover northward to
the northern edge of the Dogger Bank, where a steep declivity, doubtless
a prolongation of the Jurassic and Cretaceous escarpments of Yorkshire,
descends to the northern or lower platform. This submarine escarpment is
trenched towards the west by a magnificent valley through which the united
waters of the Rhine and Thames would flow, between the Dogger Bank and
the Yorkshire cliffs. Another gap further east would allow the combined Elbe
and Weser to escape into the northern plain. Possibly all these rivers would
unite on that plain, but, in any case, they would fall into a noble fjord which
would then be revealed following the trend of the southern coast line of
Norway."