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INDEX. 



Mineral oil, 197, 222, 256, 268. 

 Minerals, 52. § 



Minnesota, Cretaceous in, 455. 

 Potsdam in, 168. 

 Quaternary in, 528. 

 Miocene, 489, § 494. 



Europe, climate of, 526. 

 See, further, Tertiary. 

 Mississippi, Carboniferous in, 

 291. 

 in Tertiary, 521. 

 Quaternary in, 529. 

 Subcarboniferous in, 293, 294, 



305. 

 Tertiary in, 491, 493, 494. 

 Mississippi basin, section of 

 Paleozoic rocks in, 374.* 

 Calciferousin, 182,193. 

 Chazy in, 182, 185. 

 Cretaceous in, 455, 456. 

 Lower Silurian limestones in, 



209. 

 Oriskany in, 241. 

 Salina in, 233. 

 Mississippi River, delta of, 651, 

 652.* 

 discharge and pitch of, 635, 



636. 

 in the Carboniferous, 355- 

 in the Cretaceous, 479.* 

 in the Quaternary, 547, 552, 



553. 

 in the Tertiary, 521,* 522. 

 levees along, 608. 

 sediment of, 648. 

 Tertiary along, 491. 

 Mississippi River-system, 22. 

 Mississippi Valley, Subcarbonif- 

 erous in, 294. 

 Missouri, Archaean in, 150. 

 Calciferous in, 183. 

 Carboniferous in, 291, 321. 

 Cincinnati in, 196. 

 Hamilton in, 267. 

 iron-mountains of, 151, 153. 

 lead mines in , 186. 

 Lower Silurian in, 210, 380. 

 Oriskany in, 242. 

 rocks of, 378. 



Subcarboniferous in, 293, 294. 

 terraces in, 548. 

 Trenton in, 196. 

 Upper Helderberg in, 256. 

 Missouri, Upper (including Da- 

 kota, Nebraska, Black Hills, 

 etc.), Archaean in, 150. 

 Cretiiceous in, 455. 

 earlier Paleozoic largely want- 

 ing in, 232. 

 Jurassic in, 431. 

 Permian in, 367- 

 Potsdam in, 167. 

 Tertiary in, 492, 493. 495, 506, 



507. 

 Triassic in, 406. 

 Missouri River, discharge and 

 pitch of, 636. 

 in the Cretaceous, 479. 

 in the Tertiary, 522. 

 Mitra, 475, 508, 509. 

 dumosa, 509. 

 Millingtoni, 509. 

 scabra, 519. 

 Mitscherlich, analysis of cork, 



362. 

 Mittelquader eroup, 470. 

 Moa, of New Zealand, 579, 580.§ 

 Modern era, 556, 574, 579. 

 Modiola, 508. 



Modiola angusta, 281.* 



minima, 429. 



multilioigera, 508. 



plicatula, 561. 



Shawneensis, 342. 



U'yomingensis, 342. 

 Modiolopsis,203, 243. 



antiqua, 247. 



complanata, 247. 



expansa, 207. 



modiolaris, 205,* 207. 



orthonota, 223,* 228. 



primigeuia, 223* 228. 



subalata, 229. 

 Moisture essential to metamor- 

 phism, 727. 



in rocks, 656. 



limiting climate, 609. 



of Carboniferous atmosphere, 

 352. 

 Mole, 506, 564, 571, ©'8. 

 Molasse of Switzerland, 513- 

 Mollusks, 117, §* 123,§ 594, 598, 

 611. 



culmination of, 483, 594. 



destruction by, 608. 



number of, in the Quebec, 190. 



range of, in time, 140.* 



shells of Tertiary , 515. 



teeth of, 208. 

 Monas, 132. § 

 Money, fossil, 579,580.* 

 Monitor, 338. § 

 Monkeys, 416, 506, 518, 610, 



range of, in time, 589.* 

 Monocotyledons, 134. § 

 Monomyaries, 1 26. § 



range of, in time, 387.* 

 Monopteria, 342. 

 Monotis, 409, 410. 



curta, 432 * 433. 



decussata, 429. 



salinaria, 429. 



subcircularis, 416. 

 Montana, Carboniferous in, 293. 



Subcarboniferous in, 296. 



terraces in, 549. 

 Monte Bolca, fishes of, 520. 

 Montipora, 620. 

 Montlivaltia Atlantica, 466, 469. 



caryophyllata, 436* 449. 



cuneata, 448. 



Gueftardi, 448. 



mucronata, 448. 



trochoides, 449. 

 ■ Montmorency, fault at, 215* 

 ! Monument Mt., section of, 213.* 

 j Park, 646.* 

 i Moon"s surface, 3. 

 I Moose, 568. 

 I .Moraines, 537, 549, 678,§ 680, 



683. 

 Morris, III., fossils of, 339. 

 Morrisia, 171, 174. 

 Morse. E. S., on Brachiopods, 



382. 

 Mortonia Rogersi, 499* 509. 

 Morus, 497. 



Mosaic cosmogony, 767. 

 Mosasaur, 339,§ 456,§ 464, 465, 

 468, 469, 474, 476, 477, 484. 



first of, 477. 

 Mosasaurus Hofmanni, 474,* 

 475. 



Maximilian!, 478. 



maximus, 468. 



minor, 468. 



Missouriensis, 468, 469. 



princeps, 465,* 468. 



Moschus, 520. 

 Moscow shale, 267. 

 Mosses, 133,§ 252, 321, 598. 



ash of, 366. 

 Mottled colors in rocks, 760. 

 Mountain-chains, ages of, 16, 

 523. 



composite character of, 19 * 

 744. 



development of, 748. 



parallel, 744. 

 Mountain-elevation, systems of. 



See System. 

 Mountain-limestone, 306, 307. 

 Mountain-making slow, 754. 

 Mountains, 15,§ 16. 



of the Tertiary, 523, 746. 



of the Paleozoic, 390. 



origin of, 761. 



solid dimensions of, 21§. 



height of. See Heights. 

 Mt. Blanc glacier-iegion, 676.* 

 Mt. Etna, 716. 

 Mt. Lebanou, fishes of, 520. 

 Mt. Shasta, age of, 753. 

 Mouse, 416, 564. 

 Movements in the earth's crust, 



716. 

 Muck, 617.§ 

 Mud-cracks, 84,§* 168, 222, 234, 



420. 

 Mud-marks, 85. 

 Mud, 649. § 



lumps, 656. 



volcanoes, 656. 

 Mulinia lateralis, 510. 

 Multiplicate species, 383.§ 

 Mummies, oldest, 612. 

 Murchison, disturbances after 

 Paleozoic, 402. 



Permian, so named by, 370. 



Silurian, so named by, 138. 

 Murchisonia, 189, 243, 284, 429. 



angulata, 247- 



Anna, 189. 



bellicincta, 189, £01,* 203. 



bicincta, 201*203, 205. 



minima, 342. 



simplex, 208. 



last of, 371. 

 Murray, A., on Newfoundland 



Primordial, 167. 

 Murray, J. J., on effects of ec- 

 centricity of earth's orbit, 

 698. 

 Mus, 519.§ 

 Muschelkalk, 424. 

 Musci, 133§ 

 Muscovite, 54. § 

 Mushrooms, 133.§ 321. 

 Musk-deer, 5(IS. 

 Musk-ox, 606, 567, 571. 

 Musk-rat, 568 

 Mussel, 126. § 

 Mustela, 519.§ 

 Mutilates, 520. 

 Mya arenaria, 551. 



truncata, 551. 

 Myacites, 433. 



mandibula, 475. 



Pennsylvanicus, 416. 

 Myalina, 303. 



perattenuata, 342, 368* 



recurvirostris, 342. 



squamosa, 372. 

 Mylacris anthracophila, 343. 

 Myliobates, 278.§ 



Edwardsi, 518. 

 Mylocypriuus robustus, 510. 



