CONTENTS 



Pages 



Theory of Isostasy — A Geological Problem. By William 



Bowie 273-286 



Condition of the Earth's Crust and the Earlier American 



Gravity Observations. I3y George R. Putnam - 287-302 



Some Considerations Touching on Isostasy. By H. Q. Wood. 303-3 1 6 



Isostasy and Earth Movements. By Harry Fielding Reid - 31 7-326 



Isostasy and Applied Geology. By James F. Kemp - - - 327-332 



Folding of Mountain Ranges — The Argument from Isostasy. 



By Sir Sidney Burrard - 333-336 



Isostatic Compensation Considered as a Cause of Thrusting. 



By Andrew C. Lawson .--__.. 337-352 



Weight of Sedimentary Rocks per Unit Volume. By Alfred 



C. Lane 353-370 



Role of Isostatic Stress. By Bailey Willis 371-374 



Isostasy and Rock Density. By Henry S. Washington - - 375-410 



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