CONTENTS 



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PREFACE xxix 



PHYSIOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. BY GEORGE 



BURBANK SHATTUCK, PH. D., AND BENJAMIN LEROY MILLER, PH. D 3 



INTRODUCTION 3 



PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION 4 



PHYSIOGRAPHIC FEATURES 7 



SUB^ERIAL DIVISION 7 



Relation with Surrounding Regions 7 



Contour and Slope 8 



Surface 9 



Distribution of Islands 11 



Character of Surface 12 



SUB^RIAL DIVISION 12 



Classification 12 



GEOLOGICAL FEATURES 14 



JEOLIAN DEPOSITS 14 



AQUEOUS DEPOSITS 15 



ORGANIC DEPOSITS 16 



STRUCTURE AND AGE 17 



EROSION 17 



TOPOGRAPHIC HISTORY. 19 



FOSSILS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, WITH A LIST OF THE NON- 

 MARINE MOLLUSKS. BY WILLIAM H. DALL, A. M., Sc. D 23 



INTRODUCTION 23 



LIST OF STATIONS AND THE SPECIES COLLECTED AT EACH OF THEM 24 



THE LANDSHELL FAUNA OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS : 29 



LIST OF BAHAMA LANDSHELLS 39 



MARINE FOSSILS OF THE BAHAMAS 43 



THE FAUNA OF THE " SALT PANS " 45 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES 46 



TIDES AND BENCH MARKS AT NASSAU, NEW PROVIDENCE. BY L. P. 



SHIDY 51 



INTRODUCTION . 51 



