CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE xvii 



, THE MIOCENE DEPOSITS OF MARYLAND. By William Bullock Clakk, 



George Bukbank Shattuck, and William Healey Dall xxi 



Introduction and General Stkatigkai'uu: Rei,ations. By William Bul- 

 lock Clark xxiii 



Introductory xxiii 



General Stratigraphic Relations xxvi 



Cretaceous xxvii 



Eocene xxix 



Miocene xxix 



Pliocene xxx 



Pleistocene xxxi 



Geological and Paleontological Relations, with a Review of Ear- 

 lier Investigations. By George Burbank Shattuck xxxiii 



Historical Review xxxiii 



Bibliography xli 



Geographic and Geological Relations Ixv 



Distribution of the Strata Ixv 



Massachusetts Ixv 



New Jersey Ixv 



Delaware Ixvi 



Maryland Ixvi 



Virginia Ixviii 



North Carolina ixviii 



South Carolina Ixix 



Gulf Coast Ixix 



Chesapeake Group in Maryland Ixix 



The Calvert Formation Ixix 



Areal Distribution Ixx 



Strike, Dip and Thickness Ixxi 



Subdivisions Ixxii 



Fairhaven Diatomaceous Eartli Ixxii 



Plum Point Marl Ixxiv 



The Choptank Formation Ixxviii 



Areal Distribution Ixxviii 



Strike, Dip and Thickness Ixxix 



Character of Materials Ixxx 



Stratigraphic Relations Ixxx 



Subdivisions Ixxxi 



The St. Mary's Formation Ixxxii 



Areal Distribution Ixxxii 



Strike, Dip and Thickness Ixxxiv 



