CONTENTS. xv 



Submarine forests and peat — Buried forest, etc., of Carse of Gowrie, 

 etc. — Succession of deposits — Glacial and late glacial accumulations 

 of 100-feet terrace — Postglacial river detritus — Ancient land-surface 

 and vegetable remains under Carse-clays — Origin of Carse-clays — 

 Connection of these clays with torrential gravels — Postglacial deposits 

 of the Forth valley — Vegetable remains — Kitchen -middens of 

 45-50-feet beach — Postglacial deposits of the Montrose Basin — Suc- 

 cession of changes — Date of last elevation of land Pages 381-406 



CHAPTER XVII. 



POSTGLACIAL AND RECENT DEPOSITS OF THE BRITISH 



islands — Continued. 



Larger size of Scottish rivers in Postglacial times — Local glaciers then 

 reached the sea-level — Becent glaciation in mountain- valleys of 

 Scotland — Contrasts between glacial phenomena of the Ice Age and 

 Postglacial times — Examples of postglacial moraines — Interval be- 

 tween the close of the Glacial Period and the reappearance of local 

 glaciers in Postglacial Period — Scottish raised-beaches — Peat-bogs of 

 inland districts — Buried forests in peat-bogs — Correlation of these 

 with the submarine forests and peat of the maritime districts — Age 

 of the Scottish peat-bogs — Alluvial deposits of Scotland — Their 

 organic remains — Correlation of archaeological epochs with geological 

 stages in Postglacial history of Scotland . . 407-429 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



POSTGLACIAL AND RECENT DEPOSITS OF THE BRITISH 



islands — Continued. 



Submerged forests of English coast — Unconformity between Glacial and 

 Postglacial accumulations — Submarine forests of Lancashire and 

 Cheshire — Succession of deposits — General conclusions as to con- 

 ditions of accumulation — Postglacial and recent deposits of Cornish 

 coast — Section of Happy Union Works, Pentuan — Sections of Lower 

 Pentewan Work — Section at Huel Darlington Mine — General con- 

 clusion as to the succession of changes — Sunk forests and buried 

 peat of the Fenland — Belation of Fen-beds to glacial deposits — 

 Character of Fen-beds — General conclusions as to conditions under 

 which they were accumulated . . . 430-450 



