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(6i6); Modification of the Delta Surfaces (6i6); Relation 

 of Delta-building to Crustal Movements (617); Effect of 

 Subsidence (618); Effect of Elevation (619); Deltas Merg- 

 ing into Desert Deposits ^ 608-619 



Colors of Continental Clastics 620 



Alternation of Red Beds with Those of Other Colors; Ori- 

 ginal Red Color of vSediments 623-625 



Examples of Older Continental Hydroclastics 626 



Cenozoic or Tertiary Examples 626 



Mesozoic Examples of Continental Hydroclastics 631 



The Potomac Formation; The Red Beds of North America; 

 Triassie Red Beds of Eastern North America, and of 



Europe 631-633 



Palasozoic Delta Deposits 635 



Bibliography XIV 637 



CHAPTER XV. 



Structural Characters and Lithogenesis of the Marine Hydro- 

 clastics 641 



Subdivision of the Areas of Marine Deposition 643 



I. The I^ittoral District; 2. The Bathyal District; 3. The 



Deep Sea or Abyssal District 643 



Murray and Renard's Classification of Marine Deposits 

 (643); Kriimmel's Classification of Marine Deposits (644); 



A New Classification of Marine Deposits 643-545 



Discussion of the Marine Clastics 646 



The Littoral District and Its Deposits 646 



The Shore Zone (Inter Co-tidal Zone; Littoral Zone in a 



Restricted Sense) . 647 



Facies of the Shore Zone (648); i. Rocky Cliff Facies 

 (648); 2. Bouldery Facies (648); 3. Gravel Facies (649); 

 Organic Remains in Pebble Beds (650); 4. Sandy Facies 

 (651); Marine Arkoses (652); Sorting of Sands and Gravels 

 by Waves (653); Organic Remains in Marine and Lacus- 

 trine Sands (654); 5. Muddy Facies (655); Flocculation 

 and the Conditions of Mud Deposition (655); Table Show- 

 ing Rate of Settlement of Solid Matter in Fresh and Salt 



Water (656) ; 6. Organic Facies 648-657 



Subaqueous Solifluction (657); Accessory Features of Sub- 

 aqueous Gliding 657-660 



The Permanently Submerged or Neritic Zone (Flachsee, 



Shallow Water or Thalassal Zone) 66 1 



I. The Estuary (661); 2. The Marginal Lagoon or Barachois 

 (665); 3. The Epicontinental Seas and Mediterraneans 



(666); 4. The Ocean Littoral or the Neritic Zone 661-667 



Deposits of the Bathyal District 668 



Table Showing Kinds and Distribution of Bathyal De- 

 posits (668) ; Table of Analyses of Muds, of Terrigenous 

 and of Volcanic Origin 668-669 



