CONTENTS Vll 



Page 

 OfHcers, Correspoixients, and Fellows of the Geological Society of 



America 117 



I'roceeclings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section of 

 the Geological Society of America, held at Seattle, Washington, May 21 



and 22. 1914 ; George D. Louderback, Secretary 129 



Session of Thursday, May 21 130 



Pre- Pleistocene geology in the vicinity of Seattle [abstract 



and discussion] ; by Charles E. Wea\-eb 130 



Pleistocene of western Wasliington [abstract] ; by Charles 



E. Weaver i;jl 



Election of officers 131 



Summer meeting 131 



Affiliation with the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science 132 



Structure of Pierce County coal field of Washington [ab- 

 stract and discussion] ; by Joseph Daniels 132 



Tertiary rocks of Oahu [abstract and discussion] ; by C. H. 

 Hitchcock 133 



Pea for uniformity and simplicity in petrologic nomenclature 



[abstract and discussion] ; by G. Montague Butler 134 



Session of Friday, May 22 135 



Geologic structure in western Washington [abstract and dis- 

 cussion] ; by Charles E. Weaver. .* 135 



Eocene of the Cowlitz Valley, Washington [abstract and dis- 

 cussion] ; l)y Charles E. Weaver 130 



Relation of the Tertiary geological scale of the Great Basin 

 to that of the Pacific Coast marginal province [abstract 

 and discussion] ; by J. C. Merriam 136 



Relation between the Tertiary sedimeutaries and lavas of 

 Kittitas County, Washington [abstract] ; by E. J. Saun- 

 ders 137 



Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology [abstract and discus- 

 sion] ; by Ika A. Williams 137 



Role of sedimentation in diastrophism and vulcanism ; by 



F. M. Handy 138 



Basin Range faulting in the northeastern part of the Great 



Basin [abstract] ; by George D. Louderback 138 



Register of the Seattle meeting 140 



I'roceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Paleontological Society, 

 held ;it I'hilndelphia, Pennsylvania, December 29, 30, and 31, 1914: 



H. S. P.ASSLEu, Hccrctunj 141 



Session of Tuesday, December 29 144 



Report of the Council 114 



Secretary's report 1 H 



Treasurer's report It'' 



Appointment of Auditing Committee 1 "' 



Election of officers and members H<> 



Election of new members 11" 



Cliapter on iwileontology of man 147 



