CONTENTS V 



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Origin of oolites and the oolitic texture in rocks [abstract and 

 discussion] ; by Thomas Clachae Brown 58 



Precise leveling and the problem of coastal subsidence [abstract 

 and discussion] ; by Douglas W. Johnson 59 



Some historical evidence of coastal subsidence in New England 

 [abstract and discussion] ; by Charles A. Davis 61 



Pleistocene marine submergence of the Connecticut and Hudson 

 valleys [abstract and discussion]; by Herman L. Fairchild.. 63 



Titles and abstracts of papers presented before the First Section 

 and discussion thereon 65 



Cause of the postglacial deformation of the Ontario region [ab- 

 stract and discussion] ; by J. W. Spencer 65 



Origin of dolomite [abstract] ; by Francis M. Van Tuyl 66 



Flattening of limestone gravel boulders by solution; by Johan 

 August Udden 66 



High-level loop channel [abstract] ; by T. C. Hopkins 68 



Divergent ice-flow on the plateau northeast of the Catskill Moun- 

 ■ tains as revealed by ice-molded topography ; by John L. Rich , 68 



Length and character of the earliest interglacial beds [abstract] ; 

 by A. P. Coleman 71 



Age of the glacial deposits in the Don Valley, Toronto, Ontario 

 [abstract] ; by G. Frederick Wright 71 



Titles and abstracts of papers presented before the Third Section 

 and discussions thereon 73 



Manganese deposits of Conception and Trinity bays, Newfound- 

 land [abstract] ; by Nelson C. Dale 73 



Geology of the Wabana iron ore of Newfoundland [abstract] ; by 

 Albert O. Hayes 74 



Geology of the Cumberland-Diamond Hill district, Massachusetts- 

 Rhode Island [abstract] ; by Charles H. Warren and Sidney 

 Powers 75 



Sedimentary character of garnetiferous hornblende schist, Han- 

 over, New Hampshire [abstract] ; by John Wesley Merritt.. 75 



Oolites of the Chimneyhill formation, Oklahoma [abstract and 

 discussion] ; by Chester A. Reeds 75 



Temiskamite, a new nickel arsenide from Ontario [abstract] ; by 

 T. L. Walker 76 



Oolitic and pisolitic barite from the Saratoga oil field, Texas ; by 

 E. S. Moore 77 



Annual dinner 80 



Session of Thursday, January 1 80 



Some observations of the Volcano Kilauea in action [abstract] ; 

 by Arthur L. Day 80 



Titles and abstracts of papers presented in general session and 

 discussions thereon 81 



Stratigraphy of Red Beds of New Mexico [abstract and discus- 

 sion] ; by N. H. Darton 81 



Solar hypothesis of climatic changes [abstract] : by Ellsworth 

 Huntington 82 



