CONTENTS. 



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Carboniferous i+6 



Table sliowiitg ike divisions of the Carboniferoits Rocks, 146, 147. 

 Carboniferous Limestone Series, 150 ; North of England, 150 ; 

 Midland Counties, etc., 155 (Lower Limestone Shales, 153. 

 Carboniferous Limestone, 154. Yoredale Rocks, 164). Millstone 

 Grit, 16S. Coal Measures, 173. Coal-fields, 1S0-196. Culm 

 Measures, 196. 



PART II. 



Secondary or INIesozoic 205 



New Red Sandstone or Poikilitic 207 



Permian or Dyas, 2io. Trias, 221. (Bunter, 222. Keuper, 226. 

 Rhtetic or Penarth Beds, 242.) 



Jurassic 253 



Lias, 256. Table shozviiig the different grotipings of Upper, Middle, and 

 Lower Lias, 258. Table showing the Geographical Distribution of 

 the Avunonite-zoncs in the Lias of England, 259. Oolitic, 281. 

 Table sho7c>ing the Sidnlivisions of the Louver Oolitic Rocks, 286. 

 South-west of England : Liferior Oolite Series, 2S5. Great 

 Oolite Series, 297. Midland Counties : Inferior Oolite Series, 308. 

 Great Oolite Series, 315. Yorkshire : Great and Liferior Oolite 

 Series, 317. Oxford Clay, 322. Corallian Beds, 326. Kimeridge 

 Clay, 333. Portland Beds, 337. Purbeck Beds, 343. 



Cretaceous 351 



Table to shoiv the General Relations of the Loiver Cretaceotis Strata, 335. 

 Wealden Series, 356. Lower Greensand, 365. Gault, 383. 

 Upper Greensand, 387. Chalk, 395. Table to show the Distri- 

 bution of the Zones in the Chalk, 403. 



PART III. 



C^NOzoic 423 



Tertiary 424 



Eocene 427 



Thanet Beds, 427. Woolwich and Reading Beds, 430. Oldhaven 

 and Blackheath Beds, 433. London Clay, 435. Bagshot Beds, 439. 



Oligocene (Upper Eocene) 45° 



Head on Beds, 451. Osborne Beds, 453. Bembridge Beds, 454. 

 Hempstead Beds, 454. 



Pliocene 455 



Coralline Crag, 457. Red Crag, 461. Norwich Crag Series, 463. 

 Diagram to shozv the general relations of the Norivich Crag Series to 

 the Red Crag, and to the Cromer Forest Bed Scries. Cromer 

 Forest Bed Series, 470. 



