4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMHERST MEETING 



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Reconnaissance of the eastern Andes between Cochabamba and 

 Santa Cruz, Bolivia [abstract] ; by Kenneth C. Heald and Kirt- 

 ley P. Mather 124 



Geology of Kauai, Hawaiian Islands [abstract] ; by N. E. A. Hinds 125 

 Sectional meeting of Thursday afternoon 126 



Tubular amygdaloid from Nova Scotia [abstract] ; by T. L. 

 Walker and A. L. Parsons 126 



Graphic study of igneous rock series ; by Frank F. Grout 127 



Mount Monadnock, Vermont — a Monteregian hill [abstract and 

 discussion I ; by John E. Wolff 127 



Geology of the Pawtuckaway Mountains [abstract] ; by E. S. C. 

 Smith 128 



Evidences of assimilation during the Katmai eruption of 1912 

 [abstract] ; by C. N. Fenner 129 



Tridymite-orthoclase rock, a new metamorphic rock type from 

 Imperial County, California [abstract and discussion] ; by Aus- 

 tin F. Rogers 129 



Genetic features of alnoitic rocks from Isle Cadieux, Quebec [ab- 

 stract I ; by N. L. Bowen 130 



Sillimanite-schist inclusions in granite [abstract] ; by W. J. 

 Miller 130 



Preliminary notes on some regularly banded argillites which sug- 

 gest seasonal deposition [abstract] ; by Robert W. Sayles 133 



Session of Thursday evening 131 



Annual dinner 134 



Presentation of loving cup to Prof. B. K. Emerson 134 



Greetings from Section E, American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science 135 



Session of Friday, 1 >eeember 30 136 



Vote of thanks 136 



Report of the Council Committee on Policy 136 



Titles and abstracts of papers presented at the morning session and 



discussions thereon 138 



Front ranges of the Andes between Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and Em- 

 barcacion, Argentina [abstract and discussion] by Kirtley F. 



Mathe 138 



Some astronomical tests of the planetesimal hypothesis [ab- 

 stract 1 : by Harry Fielding Reid 140 



Marginal belts of the coral seas [abstract] : by W. M. Davis 140 



Transgressions, regressions, and shoreline displacements during 



the Pleistocene [title]: by Chester A. Reeds 140 



Old and new standards of Pleistocene subdivision [title]; by 



Henry Fairfield ( >sborn and Chester A. Reeds 140 



Is the present the first of a new chapter? [abstract] ; by A. C. 



I-aine 141 



Hoi springs of Lassen National Park [abstract]; by A. L. Day 

 ;ind E. T. Allen 141 



