INDEX. 



1045 



tiary, 902; Triassic, 769, 774; 



Upper Silurian, 663 

 Bones, 63§, 72, 73 (analyses), 141, 



148, 144, 153, 162, 190 

 Bonneville Lake, G. K. Gilbert on, 



202, 3S2 

 Bony coal-bed, 656 

 Boothia Felix, 495 

 Boracic acid, 68, 66, 313 

 Boracite, 820 

 Borate springs, 313 

 Borates, 119, 187, 820 

 Borax, 63§ 

 — Lake, siliceous deposits, 323, 384, 



385 

 Boring animals, 157, 425 

 Borneo,^40, 297, 696 

 Bornia tnornata, 610 ; transitionis, 



699 

 Bornite, 335, 745 

 Boron, 63, 820, 335 ; salts, 320 

 Borophagus, 919 

 Borsonia biconica, 916 

 Bos, 927 ; Americanus, 1016 ; pri- 



migenius, 1006, 1016 ; Urus, 1016 

 Boston basin, 782 

 Bothriolabis, 918 

 Bothriolepis, 616*, 617, 619, 625; 



Canadensis, 616*, 617; minor, 



621 ; nitida, 621 

 Botryoconus, 689 ; Pitcairnise, 673*, 



674 ; priscus, 673*, 674 

 Bottom-lands, 181§ 

 Bourbon, Isle of, 296 (volcanoes) 

 Bourbonne-les-Bains, thermal wa- 

 ters at, 835 

 Bourgogne, 769 

 Bow River region, 826 (coal) 

 Bowlder clay, 81§, 251§ 

 Bowlders, 81, 127*, 664 (In coal) ; 



see Glacier Brift. 

 Bi'achiates (Brachiate Crinoids), 



429§ 

 Brachiopods, 59, 60, 425*§, 426*, 



427* ; articulate and inarticulate, 



425§, 471 

 Brachiospongia, 515 ; digitata, 504*, 



513 ; Roemerana, 513 

 Brachymetopus, 676, 700 

 BrachypsaUs, 919 

 Brachyurans, 59, 420§, 438§ 439, 707, 



720 

 Bracklesham beds, 923 

 Bradfordian, 790 

 Branchiates, 419§ 

 Branchiosaurus, 706 

 Branchiostoma, 418§ 

 BranchvUle granitic veins, 326 

 Brandon, Vt., lignite bed, 887, 893 

 Brandschiefer, S0§ 

 BrazO, 31 (mountains), 184; Archaean 



in, 456 ; Carboniferous, 659, 687 ; 



Devonian, 627 ; Jurassic, 776 ; 



Cretaceous, 857, 858, S67 

 Breaks in the geological record, 406, 



488 

 Breccia, 80§ 

 Brecciated vein, 330§ 

 Brick-clay, 81 § 

 Bricks from the depths of the 



Atlantic, 280 

 Bridgeman's Island, 296 (volcanoes) 



Bridger group (beds), 884, 886, 893, 

 901, 904, 905, 907, 918, 923, 925 



— Lake (basin), 882, 893 

 Brier Hill coal, 657, 662 

 Brine springs, 120 

 Brines. See Salt 



British Channel, 16, 210, 936 



— Columbia, 25, 389, 390, 812, 948 

 (fiords) ; Cambrian, 476, 477 ; 

 Carboniferous, 659, 674 ; Triassic, 

 746, 757 ; Triassic and Jurassic, 

 789, 809; Cretaceous, 818, 868; 

 Glacial, 945, 948 ; Quaternary, 950 



Brittany united with Cornwall, 936 



Broad Top, 649, 659 



Bromides, 63, 885, 341 



Bromine, 68, 120, 331 



Bromo-chloride, 340 



Bronteus, 552, 561, 562, 568, 599, 



625, 626 ; grandis, 627 ; pompilius, 



561* ; Tullius, 599 

 Brontops, 918 ; robustus, 909* 

 Brontosaurus excelsus, 763* 

 Brontotherium, 914*, 918 

 Brontotherium beds, 886 

 Brontozoum giganteum, 752* 

 Bronzite, 67§, 136 

 Brooklyn, N.Y., water supply of, 



206 

 Brookville coal, 652 

 Brown coal, 74, 662, 712, 713, 714, 



920, 922 

 Brown's Park group, 886 

 Brownstone, 746 

 Brunswick, 769 

 Bryozoans, 141, 142, 147, 418, 419, 



425*, 427§* 

 Bubo leptosteus, 902 

 Bucania, 503, 521, 562 ; rotundata, 



502* ; sulcata, 508 ; trilobata, 544*, 



549, 550 

 Buccinum Grcenlandicum, 984, 995 ; 



undatum, 984 

 Buchiceras infequipUcatum, 887 ; 



pedernale, 836 ; Swallovi, 854 

 Buck Mountain coal-bed, 656 

 Buckingham (Va.) Triassic area, 741 

 Buckler, 421 § 

 Buflf limestone, 494 

 Buhrstone, 82§, 885, 888§, 889, 890 

 Bulimus ellipticus, 926 

 Bulk, changes of, in mineral 



changes, 134, 138, 458, 523 

 Bulla, 916 ; speciosa, 841* 

 Bullinella Jacksonensis, 916 

 Bumelia, 922 

 Bunselurus, 918 

 Bunker Hill Monument, 260 

 Buntersaudstein, 411, 738, 769 

 Buprestids, 771 

 Buprestis, 783* (wing-case) 

 Burdigalian group, 926 

 Burlington group, 684, 637, 638 



— Umestone, 646 (Crinoids), 647 

 Burnetan, 446 



Busycon Bairdii, 855 

 Buthotrephis, 544 ; gracDis, 504*, 



549 ; Harknessi, 519* ; ramosa, 



549 ; succulens, 504* 

 Butterflies, 54, 419, 679; Tertiary, 



202, 887, 900* 

 Byam Martin Isl., 659 



Byssoarca protracta, 916 

 Byssus, 424§ 



Cadaliosaurus, 706 



Cadent series, 728 



Cadomella, 790 ; Moorei, 779* 



Cadulus turgidus, 915 



Csenopus, 91S 



Caerfai group, 481 



Csesium, 835, 449 



Cahaba coal-fields, 657 



Cainozoic. See Cenozoic 



Caithness flags, 623 



Caking coal. 661, 662 (analyses) 



Calabria, earthquake in 1788, 375 



Calais united with England, 936 



Calamary, 424* 



Calamine, 842 



Calamites, 627, 629, 671, 699, 704, 

 718 ; approximatus, 6.54, 689; 

 arenaceus, 774 ; cannaeformis, 

 622, 671*, 689 ; Cistii, 689 ; radi- 

 atus, 622, 626, 704; ramosus, 

 689 ; Suckovi, 645, 654, 685, 689, 

 692, 704 



Calamitlds, 689 



Calamodendron, 699, 718 



Calamodon, 917, 918 



Calamopora spongites, 310 



Calamopsis Dan«, 895*, 896 



Calamus, 435 



Calaveras skuU, 1012 



Calcaire carbonifcre, 632 



— conchylien, 769 



— grossier, 205, 884, 920, 923, 924, 

 925, 926 



Calcareous deposits, 131, 182*, 133,. 

 152-158; fossils, 129, 180, 314;. 

 organic rock-material, 72§, 134, 

 140, 144, 487, 496 ; rocks, 78§-80 ; 

 sponges, 431 § 



— waters, 305 ; consolidation by, 

 138 



Calceocrinus Barrandei, 514 

 Calceola sandalina, 427*, 626, 627 

 Calceola slates, 626, 627 

 Calciferous epoch, 490, 491 



— limestone group, 695 



— sandrock, 45*, 490, 500 

 Calcispongife, 481§ 

 Calcite, 15 (density), 68§* 

 Calcium, 61, 67 ; bicarbonate, 122, 



129 ; borate, 120 ; carbonate, 62g ; 

 chloride, 119, 120; fluoride, 73, 

 121 (see also Fluorite) ; iodide, 

 120: calcium-magnesium carbon- 

 ate (see Dolomite) ; nitrate, 187 ; 

 phosphate, 63§ (Apatite) ; sul- 

 phate, 72, 73 ; sulphide, 125 



Calcyte, 79§, 816, 821, 490; con- 

 verted to dolomyte with dimin- 

 ished bulk, 134. 523 



California, 18, 23 (height), 25. 29; 

 silicifled forests of, 135 ; Diatom 

 bed, 152 ; Salton Lake, 200 ; vol- 

 canoes of, 296 ; Table Mtn., 80O ; 

 Borax Lake, 323 



— , Archffian in, 444; Silurian, 809; 

 Devonian, 580, 592 ; Carbonifer- 

 ous, 659, 674 ; Triassic, 746, 757, 

 809, 810 ; Jura-Trias, 749 ; Juras- 

 sic, 748, 749, 759, 760, 809 ; 



