INDEX. 



501 



Kunkur, analysis of by Mr. Prinsep stated, Limestone,rangeof the bed called "Strong Post," 



431. 



75. 



-, not the cornbrash of England, 431. 



L. 



Lancashire, Prof. Sedgwick on the new red sand- 

 stone series on the north-western coast of, 

 383. 



Langcombe, Oxfordshire, section at, 278. 



Laterite of a portion of Dukhun, described, 430. 



_— — , places of its occurrence, 430. 



associated with hematite, said to occur at 



and calcareous slate, account of a band 



of,in Cumberland, between green slate and grey- 

 wacke, 49. 



full of organic remains, 



49. 



separated by enormous 



masses from other calcareous strata, 49. 



-, most western appear- 



the source of the Krishna river, 430. 

 — — region, in the Peninsula of India, of very 



great extent, 428. 



—— — passes into Ceylon, 430. 



Leighton Buzzard, vicinity of, 293, 



Leith Hill, Surrey, 142, 143. 



" Lets," eroded cavities in the strata, so called, 

 at Tisbury, 255 : {see " Gulls.") 



Lias formation of Dorset, 31 ; enormous depo- 

 sits of Belemnites in, 31, 



Lignite : see Brown-coal. 



deposit of Bonn superior to the chalk,465. 



, no remains of mollus- 

 cous animals to be found in, 465. 



ance of, at Beck, 49. 



, great faults which af- 

 fect the band, 50, et seq. 



generally 



marked by valleys, 52. 



, exception 



at Pool Beck Scar, 52. 



, notice of the forma- 

 tions associated with, 48. 



, order of their suc- 



, first esta- 



cession, 48. 



blished by Mr. Otley, 48, and note. 



, cut offby the Shap 



granite of Wastdale Head, 54. 



the granite, 68*. 



reappears beyond 



, only two species of fish Lincolnshire Wolds, structure of, 310, note. 



hitherto met with in, 474. Lindley, Prof., examination by, of specimens of 

 Lime, phosphate of, coproid masses composed of, the vegetable remains of the brown-coal forma- 



frequent in the Gault, 111, note. tion near Bonn, 451. 

 examined by Loessoftheenvironsof Bonn, description of, 460; 



Dr. Prout, 111, note. 



Limestone, three states of, in the Dukhun, 419. 



, crystalline, in amygdaloids, of the Duk- 

 hun trap, described, 421. 



, nodular, (Kunkur) of the Dukhun, de- 



its localities, 460, 461 ; its composition, 460, 461; 

 fossil remains of, 461 ; its greatest elevation, 461. 

 — absence of vegeta- 



scribed, 420. 



sively in India, 430. 



— occurs very exten- 



— , analysis of by Mr, 



Prinsep stated, 431. 

 , pulverulent in the Ghats of the Duk- 



ble remains in, 462. 



around the Roderberg, 474, 475. 



intermixed with volcanic products, in ex- 

 cavations near the Roderberg, 475. 



— , notice of Mr. Lyell's writings on the, 475, 



480, 481. 

 — , terrestrial shells greatly predominate over 



bun, described, 419. 

 , description of the bed called " Strong 



Post," 75. 



aquatic in the, 475. 



absorbs water with great avidity, 475. 



, modification of Mr. Horner's opinions re- 

 specting its history, 479-481. 



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