INDEX. 



Abtenau and Golling, red sandstone and gypsum, 



described between, 309. 

 . dips under 



dark-coloured limestone and shale, 311. 

 salt springs 



of, same age as the salt deposit of England, 310. 

 Ach na Craig, difficulty to determine where the 



conglomerate near, ends, and the granite begins, 



140. 

 Adrigang, hippurite limestone covered by grey 



grit well exposed near, 366. 

 Agates, on the occurrence of, in the dolomitic 



strata of the new red sandstone formation in 



the Mendip Hills, 421. 

 Allan, Mr., notices of his memoir on Nice, 172, 



175, 176, 180, 181, 182, 183. 

 Alluvial deposits, list of animal and vegetable re- 

 mains found in, in Sussex, 201. 

 Alness, structure of the banks of the, 145. 

 Alpine and Bohemian chains, entire geological se- 

 paration of the, 381. 

 limestone, conglomerate of, separates the 



coal deposit of Haring, from the secondary 



system, 375. 



— ■ description of the older, 311. 



lower portion sometimes passes 



into vast crystalhne masses, 314. 

 subdivisions of, by M. Lill de 



Lilienbach, 311. 

 regions, great development in the, of a 



calcareous formation agreeing with the magne- 

 sian limestone of England, 39. 

 Alps, Eastern, Professor Sedgwick, and Mr. 

 Murchison, on the structure of the, 301. 



Alps, Eastern, extremity of, underwent their chief 

 movements of elevation previously to the de- 

 position of the tertiary system of Styria, 401. 



concluding remarks on the succes- 



sive formations of the, 407. 



- on the different 



periods of elevation of the, 411. 

 on the effects 



produced by the elevations, 414. 

 conclusions deduced from the facts 



detailed in the memoir, 407. 



cretaceous series of, described, 318. 



difficulty of separating 



it from the upper Alpine system, 318, 323. 



— : subdivision of, 320. 



. range of, 321. 



description of the crystalline rocks 



with calcareous beds containing traces of or- 

 ganic remains of the, 306, 408. 



■ dark limestone and 



shale (lias) of the, 311. 



deposits superior to 



the chalk of the, 323. 



406. 



• erratic boulders of the, 



-fucoid limestone, sand- 



stone, &c., of the, 318, 40S. 

 . lignite deposits on the 



skirts of the, 368, et seq. 



of the, 311, 409. 



central axis of the, 305. 



■ older Alpine limestone 

 - primary rocks of the 



red encrinital lime- 



stone of the, 313. 



