544 PROCEEDINGS OF THE WASHINGTON MEETING 



Remarks were made by R. D. Salisbury. The paper is published in 

 tlie Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia. 



FRESH-WATER TERTIARIES AT GREEN RIVER, \VY03IING 

 BY W. M. DAVIS 



[Abstracf] 



An account of some detailed observations on the stratigraphy of the Tertiary 

 series at Green river, showing the occurrence of variable deposits, including fre- 

 quent card-board shales alternating with cross-bedded, ripple-marked sandstones 

 and with occasional shale-pebble beds. A.n inquiry into the nature of strata de- 

 posited in large lai^es and on the stream-washed surface of interior basins. Con- 

 clusion : The Green River Tertiaries are not simply the contiiuious deposits of a 

 single large lake, but represent the deposits of many successive shallow and fluc- 

 tuating lakes of moderate area combined with the deposits of numerous aggrading 

 streams. 



Remarks were made by Willis T. Lee, a visitor. 



The Societ}^ then adjourned. No evening session was held, but the 

 Fellows, with ladies and guests, had the annual dinner at the hotel 

 Raleigh . 



Session of Thursday, January 1 



The Society convened at 9.30 a m. President Winch ell in the chair. 

 The first paper of the session was received from Section E, entitled 



PHYSIOGRAPHIC BELTS IN WESTERN NEW YORK 

 BY G. K. GILBERT 



The paper was discussed by Frank Leverett, A. P. Coleman, M. L. 

 Fuller, A. P. Brigham, and A. W. Grabau. A short abstract is printed 

 in Science, volume xvii, page 221. 



The President called H. S. Williams to the chair, and the second 

 paper was read by Professor Kemp. 



LEU CITE HILLS OF WYOMING 

 BY W. C. KNIGHT AND J. F. KEMP 



The paper was discussed by Bailey Willis, S. F. Emmons, and G. K. 

 Gilbert. It is printed as pages 305-336 of this volume. 



