TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAET I. 



ON SURFACE GEOLOGY, ESPECIALLY THAT OF THE CONNECTICUT YALLEY 



IN NEW ENGLAND. 



Introductory remarks 



Terraces and beaches 



Different kinds of terraces 



1. River terraces . 



2. Lake terraces 



3. Maritime terraces 

 Sea beaches 



General lithological character of terraces and beaches 

 Origin of the materials . 

 Arrangement of the materials 

 Details of the facts 



Former basins in the Connecticut valley 



Basins of the tributaries 



Mode of representing the terraces and beaches 



1. Sections of terraces and beaches on Connecticut river 



1. In basin No. 1, from Middletown to Holyoke, commencing at the north 



end (sections 1 — 9) ...... 



2. In the basin from Mount Holyoke to Mettawampe (Toby), (sections 10 — 12 



The Deerfield basin (sections 13 — 16) .... 

 The Westfield basin (sections 17 — 21) .... 



3. In the basin extending from Mettawampe to the mouth of Miller's river 



(section 22) 



4. In the basin extending from the mouth of Miller's river to Brattleborongh 



(sections 23—26) 



5. In the narrow basin from Brattleborough to Bellows Falls (sections 27 — 31) 



6. In the basins extending from Bellows Falls to Wells river (sections 32, 33) 



Terraces chosen as the sites of towns 



Terraces and beaches out of the Connecticut valley, but in New England 



or New York (sections 34 — 40) 

 Terraces on rivers and lakes at the west in our country 

 Delta and Moraine terraces 



2. Surface geology in Europe .... 



Wales ...... 



England ...... 



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