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The Andean geosyncline [abstract and discussion] : by Charles 

 Schuchert 90 



Structural relation of the Purcell Range to the Canadian Rockies 

 [abstract and discussion] ; by Francis P. Shepard 91 



Faults, underdrag, and landslides of the Great Basin ranges; by 

 W. M. Davis 9'J 



General morphologic features of Basin Range faults [abstract] ; 

 by George D. Louderback 9G 



Buried granite in Kansas [abstract and discussion] ; by Raymond 

 C. Moore 90 



Iutraformational corrugated rocks [abstract and discussion] ; by 

 William J. Miller 98 



Structure of the pre-Pennsylvanian rocks of the Big Stone Gap 

 area, Wise County, Virginia [abstract] : by George W. Stose. .. 98 



Relation of deep-seated faults to surface structure in the region 

 northeast of the Yellowstone Park Plateau [abstract] ; by W. T. 

 Thorn, Jr 99 



Possible tillite at Levis. Quebec [abstract] ; by Robert W. Sayles. 99 



Stages of the ice age [abstract]; by Warren Upham 100 



Glacial formations on the Coteau des Prairies [abstract and dis- 

 cussion] : by Frank Leverett 101 



What constitutes the Altamont moraine? [abstract] ; by Frank 



Leverett 102 



Sectional meeting of Wednesday afternoon 104 



Titles and abstracts of papers presented before the afternoon session 

 and discussions thereon 104 



Value of the physical characters of sand grains in the interpreta- 

 tion of the origin of sandstones [abstract and discussion] ; by 



J. J. ( ialloway 104 



. IUh] limestones and their geologic significance [abstract] ; by 



J. J. Galloway 105 



Petrographic studies of some New York sediments [abstract] ; by 

 Harold L. Ailing ^ 107 



Life eras before the Cambrian [abstract] : by Charles R. Keyes.. 107 



Quantitative study of the derivation of North American Algon- 

 kian sediments [abstract] ; by Arthur C. Trowbridge and 

 Waldo S. Glock 108 



Cambro-Ordovician section near Mount Robson, western Canada 

 I abstract i : by Lancaster D. Burling 108 



Trenton of central Tennessee and Kentucky [abstract] : by Percy 

 E. Raymond 10;) 



Stratigraphy of the crystalline schists of Pennsylvania and Mary- 

 land [abstract and discussion] ; by Eleanor Bliss Knopf and 

 Anna I. Jonas HO 



Proposed new nomenclature of the Appalachian Coal Measures 

 [abstract and discussion]; by George H. Ashley Ill 



Revision of the Paleozoic Systems. Part II: The Ordovician Sys- 

 tem [abstract and discussion]; by E. o. Ulrich li_> 



