CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Letter of transmittal 13 



Outline of this paper 15 



Chapter I. Introductory 17 



Literature 19 



List of authors and year of publication 19 



List of papers by dates 22 



Chapter II. Historical review of the geologic and paleontologic work 49 



Atlantic Coast Province 50 



Newfoundland 50 



Nova Scotia 5G 



New Brunswick and Cape Breton 59 



Maine C8 



New Hampshire 70 



Eastern Massachusetts 72 



Paleontology 78 



Newfoundland 78 



New Brunswick and Cape Breton 80 



Eastern Massachusetts 88 



Appalachian Province 91 



Northern Appalachian district 91 



Granular Quartz _ 91 



Red Sandrock 96 



Georgia slates 98 



Potsdam Sandstone 113 



Canadian extension 114 



Southern Appalachian district 122 



New Jersey 122 



Delaware , 123 



Pennsylvania 124 



Maryland 133 



Virginia 133 



North Carolina 138 



Tennessee 139 



Georgia 144 



Alabama 146 



Paleontology 148 



Northern Appalachian district 148 



Southern Appalachian district - 154 



New Jersey, etc 154 



Tennessee 154 



Georgia 155 



Rocky Mountain Province 155 



Utah and Nevada 155 



Idaho 161 



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