BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 

 Vol. i, pp. 517-593. May 27, isoo 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD AT NEW- 

 YORK DECEMBER 26, 27 AND 28, 1889. 



J. J. Stevenson, Secretary. 

 CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Session of Thursday, December 2G 518 



Obituary Notices 519 



The Laramie Group (abstract) ; by J. S. Newberry 524 



Note on the Eruptive Origin of the Syracuse Serpentine ; by George H. 



Williams 583 



Session of Friday, December 27 585 



Report of the Council 535 



On the Tertiary Deposits of the Cape Fear River Region ; by William 13. 



Clark 537 



Glacial Features of Parts of the Yukon and Mackenzie Basins; by R. G. 



McConnell 540 



A. Moraine of Retrocession in Ontario (abstract) ; by Rev. G. Frederick 



Wright 544 



The Southern Extension of the Appomattox Formation (abstract) ; by 



W J McGee 54G 



Session of Saturday, December 28 550 



Geological and Petrographical Observations in Southern and Western 



Norway (abstract) ; by George H. Williams 551 



Cretaceous Plants from Martha's Vineyard (abstract); by David White— 554 

 Significance of oval Granitoid Areas in the lower Laurentian (abstract) ; 



by C. H. Hitchcock 557 



Porphyritic and Gneissoid Granites in Massachusetts (abstract); by B. K. 



Emerson 559 



On the Intrusive Origin of the Watchung Traps of New Jersey (abstract) ; 



by Frank L. Nason 562 



The Fiords and Great Lake Basins of North America considered as Evi- 

 dence of Preglacial Continental Elevation and of Depression during 



the Glacial Period ; by Warren Upham 5f'.3 



On the Genus Sjnrifern and its Interrelations with the Genera Spiri- 



fe.rina, Syringothyris, Cyrtia, and Cyrixna (synopsis); by James Hall. 567 

 On Pot-Holes North of Lake Superior unconnected with existing 



Streams; by Peter McKellar 568 



Constitution and By-Laws of the Geological Society of America 571 



List of Officers and Fellows of the Geological Society of America 579 



Index to Volume 1 587 



LXIX— Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., Vol. 1, 1880. (517) 



