Новая Земля : экспедиция 1921— 1927 гг. под начальством Р. Л. Самойловича : сборник статей М. А. Виркетис, Н. Н. Гакен, Г. П. Горбунова, М. М. Ермолаева, Р. Л. Самойловича и В. В. Тимонова. – Москва : Научно-техническое управление В.С.Х.Н.К, 1929. - 361 с., [14] л. табл., карты : ил.

— 118 — During the time of our sojourn on B a r e n t s I s l e s and Ru s s к ay a G a v a n the other members of the expedition completed successfully a hydrological section from the Barents Isles to Cape Barents on Franz Joseph Land. September 9-th and 10-th we continued our work on B a r e n t s I s l a n d s . September 13-th we reached Cape M e d v e j i y and Ino- s t r a n z e f f Bay and on the same day in the evening we sailed for M e l k a y a Bay , reaching it on the 16-th. Here we studied the geological construction of the southern coast of the bay. The whole region of M e l k a y a B a y consists of limestones. The limestones from light to dark grey contain brachiopod fauna {Spiriphe- ridae and Productidae) from middle to upper carbonic age. From there we sailed on to the P o m o r s k a y a Ba y , where we stopped to receive our mail and revictualise. We left it on September 17-th arriving September 22-nd at the P о r tc h n i к h a Ba y , on the Murman coast, where we cast anchor opposite to the Scientific-Station of the Institute in Portchnikha Bay. In geological respects an immense region in North Timan was explored The alkaline rock formations at Cape Roumianitchny were thorougly stu died and the unfoundeness of the supposition regarding the presence о coal in these regions was completely established, thus effectually putting an end to all talk on the subject on the part of local organisations. Furthermore, as seen from the report, the explorations were transferred to the hardly accessible north-western part of Novaya Zemlya. Most inte resting in scientific respects are the rocks of carboniferous formation which cast a new light on the geological structure of Novaya Zemlya. The so-called Russian Harbour and Inostranzew Gulf were explored where no geologist has ever been before. We have brought home extensive geological and paleontological collections containing up to 1000 samples.