INDEX. 



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Lahontan, Lakes in basin of, 10, 20. 

 Lake Survey, U. S. , Charts of, 0, 48, 49. 



Tides observed by, 33. 



. Work of, 57, 58. 



Land slides, Basin formed by, 3L 

 Laurentian basin. Pleistocene history of, 96- 



103. 

 Laurentian lakes, Account of, 57- 



Areas of, 58. 



Color of clays in, 41. 



Currents in, 33, 34. 



Erosion of the shores of, GO. 



See also Great lakes. 



Lawson, A. C, Cited on Pleistocene history 



of Laurentian basin, 96, 100. 

 Le Conte, John, Cited on Lake Talioe, G4. 

 Observations by, in Lake Tahoe, Cal. — 



Nev., 35-37. 

 Life histories of lakes, 90-95. 

 Lithoid tufa. Origin of, 110. 

 Lockyer, N., Cited on meteoric hypothesis, 



24. 

 Loess, Origin of, 11. 

 Logan, Utah, Delta near, 50. 

 Lonas lake, India, Description of, 23. 

 Lyell, C, Cited on rafts in Red river, La., 27. 



Maggiore, Lake, Ital., Mention of, 64. 



Reference to, 15. 



Malaspina glacier, Lakes near, 9, 11. 



Manitoba, Lakes in, 7. 



Manitou island. Lake Michigan, Sea cliff on, 

 42. 



Marjelen lake, Switz., Origin of, 11. 



Mechanical sediments, Deposition of, 41. 



McGee, W. J., Cited on New Madrid earth- 

 quake, 25. 



Meteoric hypothesis, Reference to, 24. 



Meteors, Basins due to impact of, 24, 25. 



Michigan, Lake, Area, depth, etc., of, 58, 59. 



Currents in, 34. 



Effects of gale on, 34. 



Erosion of the shores of, 00, 61. 



Influence of, on climate, 38. 



Mississippi delta, " Mud lumps" on, 28. 



Mississippi river. Soluble matter in, 56. 



Mono lake, Cal., Analysis of, 72, 88. 



Crater-lake in, 19. 



Description of, 83-89. 



Lake on i.sland in. 24. 



Moraine lakes near, 14. 



Mono Lake, Cal., Recent fault near, 30. 



Tufa bowl near, 32. 



Moon, Origin of craters on, 24. 

 Mora river, N. M., Lava flow in cafion of, 18. 

 Moses lake, Wash., Origin of, 4. 

 Mountain lakes, Examples of, 63-69. 

 Muir, J., Cited on lake in Stiklne valley, 

 Alaska, 11. 



New land areas, lakes on, 1-3. 



New Madrid earthquake. Lakes formed by, 



25. 

 Niagara river, Area, water-shed, etc., of, 58. 

 Newberry, J. S., Cited on lakes in coal 



swamps, 115. 



Oldham, R. D., Cited on Lonas lake, Ind., 23. 

 Ontario, Lake, Area, depth, etc., of, 58, 59. 



Currents in, 34. 



Oolitic sand, Origin of, 77. 

 Organic agencies. Basins due to, 26-28. 

 Owens lake, Cal., Analysis of, 72. 

 Ox-bow lakes. Origin of, 8. 



Parks of Colorado, Origin of, 15. 

 Peat bogs. Drainage of, 42. 

 Pepin, Lake, Origin of, 7. 

 Perkins, E. A., Cited on Seiches, 35. 

 Play a lakes. Origin of, 70, 71. 

 Pleistocene lake-beds. Color of, 41. 

 Poe, 0. M., Lake surveys by, 58. 

 Pontchartrain, Lake, La. , Origin of, 8. 

 Powell, J. W., Cited on obstructions in Colo- 

 rado river, 7. 

 Precipitates from .saline lakes, 71-77. 

 Pyramid lake, Nev., Analysis of, 72. 



Rain-fall in Laurentian basin, 59. 

 Ragtown. Nev., Salts formed in lakes near, 

 73. 



See also Soda lakes. 



Ramsay, A. C, Cited on rock-basins, 15. 

 Red river. La., Lakes on, 8. 



Timber rafts in, 27. 



Rhone, Delta of, 91. 



Rock-basins made by glaciers, 13, 14. 



Rock-basins, Origin of, 4. 



Roth, .1., Cited <m chemistry of water, 55. 



R()thi)litz, A., Cited on oiilitic .sand, 77. 



Rush, Lake, I'taii, Origin t>f. 9. 10. 



Russell, Tiioiiias, Cited on evaporation, 59. 



