CORDILLERAN SECTION 707 



Sessions of the Cordilleran Section, at Stanford TJniverity, Cali- 

 fornia, Wednesday and Thursday, December 30 and 31, 1908 



titles of papers presented before tee cordilleran section 

 some fossil fishes from brazil 



BY DAVID STARR JORDAN 1 



PYRITE MINES OF LEON A HEIGHTS 



BY JOSIAH KEEP 1 



AN OLD BEACH TERRACE IN NEVADA 



BY J. CULVER HARTZELL 1 



GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA 



BY H. W. TURNER 1 



A REMARKABLE CLAY 



BY J. CULVER HARTZELL 1 



EXPERIMENTS WITH A SHAKING MACHINE MADE WITH A VIEW TO DETER- 

 MINING THE EFFECT OF WATER UPON LOOSE MATERIAL 



BY F. J. ROGERS 1 



COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF THE EARTHQUAKES OF MENDOZO, ARGEN- 

 TINE REPUBLIC, VALPARAISO, JAMAICA, AND SAN FRANCISCO 



BY J. C. BRANNER 



GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN JAPAN 



BY ROBERT ANDERSON 1 



PEAT DEPOSITS OF THE LOWER SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN RIVERS 



BY W. Q. WRIGHT 1 



MINERALS FROM THE COAST RANGES OF CALIFORNIA 



BY A. F, ROGERS 1 



Introduced by J, C\ Branner, 



