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From C. G. Ehrenberg   11 March 1846

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Describes Infusoria in Rio Gallegos samples.

"Fluthgebiete" means estuary deposit.

Discusses dust samples from Malta. Asks for further samples.

Author:  Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Mar 1846
Classmark:  DAR 39: 62–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-960

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  • Ehrenberg’s term ‘Fluthgebiete’. Previously, it had been translated by Alcide d’Orbigny as a ‘flood’, lending support to Orbigny’s view that the Pampas deposits had been laid down by a debacle. See South America , p.  248 n. , and letter to C.  G. …
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