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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 273 



Topography and Physical Geography 273 



i'revious writers 279 



Beechey, Tyson, Trask, Dana, Blake, Whitney, Becker, CooiDer, Fair- 

 banks, Lawson 279 



General Geology 283 



Formations represented 283 



Distribution of the formations 284 



Stratigraphical relations of the formations 285 



General structure 288 



Columnar section of the Santa Cruz Mountains 291 



Detailed Stratigraphy 292 



Limestone 292 



Lithology 292 



Distribution 292 



Eelations and age 293)f 



The Phthanite or Eadiolarian Chert 293 



Lithology 293 



Occurrence 294 



Eelations and age 295 



The Metamorphic Sandstone 295 



Lithology 295 



Occurrence 297 



Eelation 297 



Correlation , 297 



The Pescadero Series 298 



Lithology and stratigraphy 300 



Occurrence 304 



Eelations 304 



Correlation 305 



The Monterey-Merced Period 307 



The Monterey Series 309 



Lithology 309 



Occurrence 310 



Eelations 311 



Correlation 311 



The Merced Series 312 



Petrography 313 



Stratigraphy 315 



Section on Seven-Mile Beach 316 



Distribution 321 



Eelations 322 



Structure 324 



