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EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
PLATE I. 
Fig. 1. Outline map of southern New England, showing the Triassic area of the 
lower Connecticut Valley (dotted), and the area described in this paper (black 
square). 
Fig. 2. Sketch map for first and third day’s excursions around Lamentation 
Mountain. 
PLATE II. 
Fig. 3. Sketch map for second day’s excursion around Shuttle Meadow 
Reservoir. 
Figs. 4 to 7. Diagrams illustrating the topographic displacement produced by 
faults running at divers angles with the strike of the faulted beds. 
Fig. 8. View of fault gap in the anterior trap ridge, southwest of Shuttle 
Meadow Reservoir. 
Fig. 9. Diagram illustrating the general scheme of interpretation of the faulted 
Triassic monocline about Meriden. 
PLATE IIL. 
Fig. 10 a. Sketch map for fourth day’s excursion from Lamentation to Higby 
Mountain. 
Fig. 10 b. Distant view of Lamentation and Higby Mountains from the north. 
PLATE IV. 
Fig. 11. Sketch map for the fifth day’s excursion in the Hanging Hills. 
PLATE V. 
Fig. 12. Generalized section of the Quarry ridge, near Meriden. 
Fig. 13. Sketch map for the sixth day’s excursion, from Cook’s Gap to Short 
Mountain. 
Fig. 14. Section of fault with heave on the northwest. 
Fig. 15. Section of fault with heave, as usual, on the southeast. 
_ Fig. 16. General map of trap ridges in the Meriden-New Britain district; the 
several sketch maps already referred to being located by rectangles numbered from 
1 to 5. 
Fig. 17. Generalized cross-section of the Meriden-New Britain district. 
