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GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 



Voelcker, Dr., on an analysis of chalk, 



255. 

 Vohita hictatrix, 120, 121. 

 Von Buch, or travertines, 161. 



Wackland, Lower Greensand at, 44. 



"Wall Lane, Bembridge Limestone of, 

 165. 



Walpen Chine, Gravel, &c. of, 234, 235 ; 

 Lower Greensand of, 28-30. 



Warden Ledge, 133, 138. 



Warden Point, diagram of the cliifs 

 near, 149. 



Warminster Beds, equivalents of the, 67, 

 80. 



Warren Hill, Lower Greensand of, 44. 



Watch House Point, Bembridge Lime- 

 stone of, 167 ; Osborne Beds of, 154. 



Watcombe Bay, 92. 



Water-lily bed in the Hamstead Beds, 

 189, 192. 



Watersheds, 235, 248-250. 



Watford, age of gravel near, 211. 



Way, Mr. J. T., on phosphates, 252, 

 253 ; on soluble silica, 254, 255. 



Weald, anticline of the, 239, 240, 242 ; 

 drainage system of the, 249. 



Wealden Beds, 3-17 ; equivalents of the, 

 4 ; marine fossils in the, 4, 13 ; of 

 Brook and Atherfield, 11-16 ; of Brook 

 and Compton Bay, 5-1 1 ; of Sandown, 

 16, 17; phosphates in, 252; relations 

 to the Lower Greensand, 4, 18, 19, 25, 

 35, 47 ; thickness of the, 3, 7-11, 13- 

 17. 



Wealden Shales, 3-5, 8-10, 12-19 ; used 

 for bricks, 251. 



Weathering of Lower Greensand, 34. 



Webster, Mr. T., on a fault, 241 ; on 

 "hazel-nut gravels," 231; on the 

 Chalk, 75 ; on the East End landslip, 

 61 ; on the Fluvio-marine Beds, 124, 

 125 ; on the " Pine Raft," 6. 



Week Down, a watershed, 250. 



Week Farm, Chalk of, 91. 



Wellow, Bembridge Limestone of, 158, 

 163 ; Osborne Series near, 150. 



Werror Brickyard, 198. 



West Court, Sand-rock Series near, 41. 



West Cowes, Bembridge Limestone of, 

 125, 158, 165; Bembridge Marls of, 

 176, 177 ; Osborne Beds of, 148, 150 ; 

 well at, 140, 175, 176, 198, 313-315. 



West Medina Cement Works, 175, 176, 

 198-200,300-308. 



Weston Chine, Headon Beds of, 133, 



137. 

 • Westover, Lower Bagshot Beds at, 103 ; 

 gravel near, 210. 



Whale Chine, Alluvium of, 234 ; Lower 

 Greensand of, 28. 



Wheatlow Brook, Headon Beds of, 139. 



" Whills," 66, 69. 



Whippance, Hamstead Beds near, 197. 



Whippingham, Bembridge Marls near, 

 175 ; gravel near, 214 ; Hamstead 

 Beds near, 201. 



Whitaker, Mr. W., on Chalk, 83, 84. 86- 

 88 ; on Chalk Rock, 75 ; on flints, 78 ; 

 on London Clay, 97, 98 ; on Reading 

 Beds, 95, 96 ; wells communicated by, 

 301,304,315, 316. 



Whitcombe, Chert Beds at, 71. 



" White Band," the, 184, 185, 187-189, 

 191, 192, 195, 197, 199, 203. 



Whitecliff Bay, Lower Bagshot Beds of, 

 103 ; Barton Clay of, 119, 120 ; Bern- 

 bridge Limestone of, 167-169 ; Bem- 

 bridge Marls of, 170-173; Brackle- 

 sham Beds of, 101, 103, 109-114, 116, 

 117; fold in the strata of, 243 ; Headon 

 Beds of, 142-144 ; Headon Hill Sands 

 of, 123; Loudon Clay of, 97-100; 

 Osborne Beds of, 157 ; Reading Beds 

 of, 94, 95. 



Whitecroft, Carstone near, 56. 



Whitehayes, well at, 318. 



Whitehouse Farm, Hamstead Beds near, 

 197. 



Whitwell, a source of the Yar, 221, 235 ; 

 springs at, 65. 



Widdick Chine, Headon Beds of, 135, 

 137, 138; tnfaat, 229, 230. 



Wilderness, Alluvium of the, 235. 



Wilkins, Dr. E. P., on the Hamstead 

 Beds, 201. 



Wiltshire, overlap of Wealden Beds in, 

 19. 



Winstone, Carstone near, 59 ; Sand- 

 rock Series near, 46. 



Wolverton, Lower Greensand of, 41, 44. 



Woodvale, well at, 141, 315, 316. 



Woodward, Dr. H., on the " Insect 

 limestone," 176-178. 



Woolvertou, Bembridge Marls near, 174. 



Woolwich Beds, flora of the, 106, 107. 



Wootton Bridge, Bembridge Marls near, 

 175; gravel at, 216; Hamstead Beds 

 near, 174. 



Wootton Creek, an old valley, 213; 

 Bembridge Limestone of, 166 ; brick- 

 earth of, 222. 



Wootton, gravel near, 214 ; Hamstead 

 Beds of, 184, 192, 201-206 ; wells at, 

 316-318. 



Wroxall, a source of the Yar at, 221, 

 235 ; brick-pits near, 251 ; Carstone 

 at, 58 ; Gault near, 64 ; springs at, 65 ; 

 Upper Greensand near, 72. 



Wydcombe, Carstone at, 58 ; Sand-rock 

 Series at, 45 ; springs at, 65. 



Yafford, Lower Greensand of, 41. 



Yar (eastern). Alluvium of the, 235 ; 

 blown sand of, 237 ; change in the 

 course of, 218, 219; Lower Greensand 

 of the valley of, 45, 47 ; old tributaries 

 of, 248 ; terraces of, 218-222. 



Yar (western). Alluvium of the, 228, 

 230-235 ; blown sand of, 237 ; old 

 sources of, 223, 230, 235 ; old tribu- 

 taries of, 248 ; valley-deposits of, 223- 

 228. 



