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INDEX. 



with similar formations in the Cotentin, 563, 



566. 

 Dichobunes, Mr. Owen, account of some remains of, 



from the Isle of Wight, 41, 4-5. 

 Dietz, notice of strata near, 252. 

 Dillenburg, strata in the neighbourhood of, identified 



with carboniferous rocks in Westphalia, 234'. 

 description of the Devonian rocks near. 



244. 



successive deposits, 



244. 



•■ notice of the copper-mines near, 247. 



account of grey wacke strata near, 256. 



Diluvium, a great proportion of, considered by Mr. 



Smith to be tertiary, 154. 

 Dinas Head conglomerate, notice of the, 558. 

 comparison of, with a variety of Caradoc 



sandstone, 558. 

 remark on the crinoidal remains found 



in the, 558. 

 Dislocations, notices of, in the S.E. of Devonshire, 



482. 

 Dixon Fold, description of the fossil trees found at, 



173. 

 additional observations, 



177. 

 D'Omalius d'Halloy, M., notice of his remarks on 



the structure of Brittany, 563. 

 Dumont, Prof., notices of his descriptions of the Bel- 

 gian groups, 223, 225, 268 et seq. 

 account of the terrain anthraxifere 



of, 269. 

 Dundar, notice of the lacustrine basin of, 16. 

 Dunhamstead, section of the junction beds of the 



lias and red marl at, 559. 



E. 



Earthquake, account of the, at Lisbon, 1755, 130. 



limits of, 131. 



range of, with respect to 



the geological structure of the country, 131. 

 did not affect buildings situated on 



Espichel limestone or trap, 131. 

 East Ogwell, notices of the limestone deposits near, 

 464, 465. 



Eckington, notice of fluviatile deposit containing 



mammalian remains near, 554. 

 Ees, sequence of rocks in the gorge of the, 281. 

 Ehrenbreitstein, section of dislocated and contorted 



strata at, 265. 

 Eifel, remarks on supposed age of the limestone of 



the, 226. 



the true age of the limestone, 226. 



description of the formations composing the 



district of the, 276. 

 — description of the Devonian rocks of the, 277 



et seq. 

 — shales, red psammites, &c. 



under the Eifel limestone, 279. 



analogy of, to 



formations on the right bank, 279. 



Elberfeldt, description of the Devonian limestone of, 

 237. 



Elbersreuth, account of the strata to the N.W. of, 300. 



Elbingerode, account of the limestone of, 293. 



Elevation, remarks on the unequal effects of, in the 

 south-east of Devonshire, 485. 



Elevation, observation by the Rev. W. B. Clarke on 

 transverse fissures or ravines being the mecha- 

 nical effects of, 566. 



English Channel, remarks on the connexion of the 

 physical phasnomena presented on the opposite 

 coasts of the, 563, 566. 



Eocene formation, description of mammalian remains 

 found in the, of the Isle of Wight, 41. 



Ephesus, notice of the marble of, 8. 



effects produced by the al- 

 luvia of the Cayster in the port of, 21. 



Erdek, notice of the formations adjacent to, 6. 



Erratic boulders, Mr. Darwin on the distribution of, 

 in South America, 415. 



first noticed south of Kio Plata, 



on the banks of the Santa Cruz, 415. 



very numerous in 



long. 70° 50' W., lat. 50° 10' S., 415. 

 remarks on the mode of occurrence 



on the plains near the Santa Cruz, 416. 

 difference in the characters of, on 



highandlowerplainsbordering the Santa Cruz,417. 

 account of, in Tierra del Fuego 



and on the shores of the Strait of Magellan, 

 417. 



