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 Kingstown series, view of contact of pegmatite with . 242 

 view showing cross stratification in pehbly sand- 

 stone of 248 



view showing sandstone gneiss of 334 



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Landes, Harry, acknowledgments to 211 



Lane, A. C, Cambrian fossils discovered by 388 



Lawtons Valley, R. I., rocks near 319, 320, 326, 327 



Lebanon Mills, Mass., section of boring near 170-172 



Tenmile River beds at 164 



Leonards Corners, R. I., exposure of Tenmile River 



beds in quarry near 165 



Lesquereux, L., cited on rarity of occurrence of 



Sigillaria volzii 181 



fossil plants identified by 191, 204 



Level, recent changes of 46-47 



Lily Pond, R.I., granite near 316 



Lime Rock, R. I., Carboniferous shales of 309 



limestone beds near 318 



Lime Rock quarries, disconnected dike at 107,108 



Limestone, analysis of 150 



Lingula antiqua, occurrence of 109 



Lingula prima, occurrence of 109 



Litkologic characters, rocks of different agea show- 

 ing duplication of 100 



rocks of similar age showing local variations of. 100 



Little Compton, R. I., Cambrian rocks in 383 



shales and slates near 281, 282 



Little Lime Rock, R. I., Carboniferous shales of 309 



Logan, W.E., features of geologic map prepared by. 125 



Logan and Hall cited 141 



Lyell, Charles, early geologic map prepared by .' 133 



features of geologic map prepared by 125 



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McCormick's quarry, near Leonards Corners, R. I., 



exposure of Tenmile River beds at 165 



McCurry's Point, R. L, rocks near 290 



Maclure, William, delineation of bouudaries of Car- 

 boniferous basin by 124 



Mansfield, analyses of coal from 191 



Carboniferous beds near 188-191 



coal beds at 79,80,205 



flora of shales at 191 



gabbro and granitite at 118 



section of Coal Measures in 190 



. section of roche moutonnee near 188 



Mansfield beds, table showing geologic place and 



equivalents of 134 



Manton, Cumberland quartzite at 106-107 



Map, geological 210,394 



Maps andsections of the Carboniferous basin . . 121, 122, 123 



citations of 124-125 



notes on 394 



Marbut, C. F., and Griswold, L. S-, cited on bound- 

 ary of Carboniferous basin 127-128 



Margins of basin, greater folding at 16-18 



Marine action in erosion and in land making, char- 

 acter and extent of 44-46, 76 



Marthas Vineyard, deposits of arkose on 54 



geologic history of 24 



orogenic action in 24 



Pliocene folding on 13 



source of glacial deposit in 71 



Merrill, G. P., cited on diorite of Paradise Rocks 



Metamorphism, difficulties of strategraphic determi- 

 nation occasioned by 



map showing areas of 



Miantonomy Hill, E. I., conglomerates at and near. 



Microdiscus bellimarginatus, occurrence of 



Microdiscus lobatus, occurrence of 



Middleboro quadrangle, Carboniferous beds in 



Mill Cove, Boston Basin, Cambrian rocks and fossils 



304, 305 

 369-371 

 390, 392 



of. 



Millers River, Cumberland, R. I., conglomerate beds 

 at 



geologic section of strata near 



Millers River conglomerates, table showing geologic 



place and equivalents of 



Moraines, frontal, characters of 



Morton Park, R. I., rocks of 



Mountain making, features of . 



Mount Desert Basin, geologic history of 



Mount Hope, R. I., granite at 



Mylacridpe, occurrence of 



Mylacris packardii, occurrence of 



Nahant, Cambrian rocks and fossils at 388 



Nannaquacket Pond, granite near 272 



Carboniferous rocks near 280-281 



arkose and conglomerates near 378, 379 



Narragansett Pier, R. I., Carboniferous rocks at 



and near 245-246 



Natick, equivalence of Tiverton arkoses to those at. 379 



rocks at and near 253-256, 375-376, 383-385 



Neuropteris an gusti folia, occurrence of 191 



Neuropteris decipiens, occurrence of 204 



Neuropteris dentata, occurrence of 204 



Neuropteris heterophylla, occurrence of 191 



Neuropteroidea, occurrence of 202 



Newberry, J. S., cited on cycles of deposition 49 



Newport, R. I., Aquidneck shales near 356 



coal beds at 207 



coal seams and coal plants in excavations at 372 



position of Carbonifeiuus conglomerate at 373 



strata beneath 313 



Newport cliffs, Carboniferous rocks of 310-314 



faulting near 310 



fossil ferns found at 374 



problematic geologic position of section at 371-372 



Newport Harbor, rocks of islands in 307-310 



Newport Neck, rocks of 316-318, 383 



Nonquit Point, Carboniferous rocks near 279 



Nonquit Pond, sandstone and coaly shale near 275-276 



Norfolk County basin, occurrence of red beds of 



"Wamsutta group in 148-149 



North Attleboro, Mass., basal arkose at 135 



Cambrian rocks and fossils in and near ■ 386-392 



exposure of rocks of "Wamsutta group near 145-146 



fossil plants found near 387 



geologic section near 145 



sketch map of Cambrian localties at 386 



view of faulted diabase dikes in 152 



view of granite mass at 384 



view of outcrop of Wamsutta group in 146 



North Foxboro, Mass., gabbro and granitite at 118 



Norton, Mass., section in 195-196 



