THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



A. Chemical and Geological Sciences 

 and the Industries 



Vol. V 



NOVEMBER, 1910 



No. 5 



THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE 

 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



By Warren D. Smith. 

 [From the Division of Mines, Bureau of Science, Manila, P. I.) 



CONTENTS. 

 Physiography. 

 Topographic Divisions. 



1. Coastal plains. 



2. Intermontane plains. 



3. Intermediate uplands. 



4. Cordilleras. 



5. Volcanoes. 

 Stratigraphic and Lithologic. 



1. Tabulated scheme of stratigraphy. 



2. Petrography — andesites, basalts, diorites, etc. 

 Geologic History. 



Partial List of Philippine Fossils. 

 Economic. 



1. Metals. 



2. Nonmetals, fuels, etc. 



3. Soils. 



4. Artesian water. 



5. Miscellaneous. i 



List of the More Important Works Relating to Philippine Geology. 



PHYSIOGKA.PHY. 



The Philippine Archipelago forms a link in the great eastern chain of 

 islands fringing the Asiatic continent and is a part of the Pacific arc. It 

 lies between the Japanese Islands and Formosa on the north, Celebes and 

 Borneo on the south, and about 1,000 kilometers east of the mainland. 



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