No. 7. — River Terraces in New England. 
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III. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
General Statement . 
Theories of River Terraces 
Preliminary Inquiry : 
Various Kinds of Terraces 
Terrace Patterns . 
Terraces carved by Streams 
of Diminishing Volume . 
Terraces carved by Streams 
of Increasing Slope 
Terraces carved by Streams 
of Diminishing Load . 
Preservation of Terraces 
by Rock Ledges 
Origin of Terraces in New 
England 
The Theory of River Ter- 
races . F 
Plan of Statamerit 
Behavior of a Wandering 
River 
Terminology of Wandering 
Rivers . A 
Ideal Terrace Parerie. 
Early Stage . uP 
Patterns : 
Ideal Terrace 
Middle Stage 
Ideal Terrace Patterns: 
Late Stage 
Defended Terrace Gispe : 
Early Stage . 
Slipping Meanders 
Blunt Cusps . 
Compressed Meanders aad 
Sharp Cusps : 
Terrace Fronts near Det 
fended Cusps 
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Defended Cusps: 
Stage 
Diminished Swinging of the 
Meander Belt : 
Distribution of High-scarp 
and Low-scarp Terraces 
Effect of Rock Barriers. 
Relation of Terrace Pat- 
terns on the two Sides of 
a Valley 
Ratio of Sweeping, Swing: 
g, and Degrading 
Relation of the Preceding 
Deductions to the Obser- 
vations described in the 
Following Sections 
Observations of River Ter- 
races in New England 
Valley of the Westfield 
River, Mass. 
Eastern Section . 
Western Section 
Little River 
Later 
Valley of Saxton’s River, VE. 
Western Section 
Eastern Section . 
Connecticut below 
Bellows Falls, Vt. 
Connecticut below 
Turners Falls, Mass. . 
Connecticut near 
Springfield, Mass. 
Merrimac between 
Concord and Manches- 
ter, N. H. 
Bibliography . 
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