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INDEX. 



Jurassic period, 73S, 739, 758, 774, 



857, S73 ; foreign, 774 

 Justedal Glacier, 251 

 Juvavites, 757 



Kaibab fault and fold, 862, 368* 



Kainozoic. See Cenozoic 



Kalium, 61 



Kamchatka, 40 ; volcanoes of, 296 



Karnes, 970 



Kampeearis Forfarensis, 625 



Kanab Canon, 581 



Kanawha Salines, 689 



Kangaroo, 415 



Kansas, 23 (height), 342 (lead 

 mines) ; Paleozoic in, 342 ; Car- 

 boniferous, 130, 665, 674, 678, 690, 

 691 ; Permian, 660 ; Cretaceous, 

 813, 817, 819, 826, 829, 843, 848, 

 849, 850, 851, 852, 864, 872, 873; 

 Tertiary, 885 



Kaolin (kaolinite), 68§, 81§, 134, 295 



Karharbiiri Coal-measures, 698 



Karoo beds, 698, 699, 737, 770, 773 



Kashmu-, 32, 770 



Kaskaskia group, 634, 637, 646 



Kauai, 36, 283, 290 



Kea, Mt., 27, 179, 268*, 269, 270, 

 276, 290, 291 ; density of, 379 



Keeling atoll, 20 



Keewatln, 466 



Kellaway beds, 777 



Kellaways rock, 775, 790 



Kelp, 155 



Kenia, or Kenya, Mt., 33, 977 



Kennedy Channel, 495, 559 



Kenodiscus Schmidti, 773 



Kent Belt of limestone, 529*, 530 



Kent-CornAvall ridge. Conn., 449, 

 581 



Kentucky, 23 (height), 387; cav- 

 erns, 130 (length), 137, 207 ; min- 

 eral oil, 609 ; Cincinnati beds, 

 504, 692 ; Cincinnati uplift of, 

 387, 490, 532 



Kentucky Paver, 503 



Keokuk group, 684, 637 ; limestone, 

 97, 138, 342, 688, 644, 646, 647 



Kerguelen Land, 296 (volcanoes) 



Kermadec Islands, 37 



Kersantyte, 86§ 



Kettle holes, 970, 992, 993* 



Keuper, Keuperian, 411, 738, 769, 

 771, 772, 773, 774 



— , Lower, 755, 771 



Keupermergel, 769, 774 



Keweenaw, Keweenawan, Kewee- 

 nawian, Keweenian, 447, 464 



— copper region, 841, 842, 466, 468, 

 483 



— group, 445, 447, 465, 468, 469, 488, 

 484 



— Point, 465 

 Key West, 163 

 Khingan Mts., 32 



Kiama, 281 ; basaltic columns, 261*, 

 262* ; dike with outflow, 262* 



Kiamitia clays, 817 



Kickiug Horse Pass, 26. 469, 495 



Kilauea, 178, 268*, 269*, 270, 271, 

 272, 276, 277-283 (passim), 284*, 

 285*, 286*, 288, 291, 293, 295, 303 



Kilima-Njaro, Mt., 33; height of, 



296 

 Killinite, 321 

 Kimberley shale, 770 

 Kuiimeridge clay, 411, 775 

 Kimmeridgian group, 775, 776, 779, 



780, 790 

 Kinderhook group, 634, 637, 638, 



646, 647, 709 

 King William's Island, 495, 524, 544, 



552 

 Kingdoms of nature, 9 

 Kingfisher, 54, 852 

 Kingsmill Islands. See Gilbert 



Islands 

 Kionoceras laqueatum, 500* ; strix, 



551 

 Kittanning coal-beds, 652, 663, 664, 



688 



— Mts., 538, 589 ; valley, 357 

 Kiusiu Island, 277 

 Klamath Mts., 659, 747, 809 

 Knobstone group, 637, 638 

 Knorria. 610, 639, 645, 6S9, 698, 699 ; 



acicularis, 626, 699, 704 ; imbri- 



cata, 645, CS9, 699, 704 

 Knox dolomyte, 468, 498 ; sand- | 



stone, 468 

 Knoxville beds, 760, 815, 818, 820, 



881, 837 

 Kossen beds, 769, 774 

 Kohala Range, Hawaii, 269 

 Kohlenkeuper, 769 

 Koipato group, 747 

 Koko Head, Oahu, 271* 

 Kome group (beds), 819, 833, 



838 

 Kong Mts., 33 

 Kootanie beds (group), 815, 818, 



819, 820, 833, 884, 868, 872 



— Pass, 818 



Kotzebue Sound, 240, 640, 1003 



Krakatoa volcano, 163, 291 



Kuen-Lun Mts., 26, 32 



Kuhn Islands, 776 



Kupferschiefer, 697, 707 



KurUe Islands, 19, 296 (volcanoes), 



297 

 Kutorgina, 480, 481, 486 ; clngulata, 



471*, 480, 578 ; Labradorica var. 



Swantonensis, 480 

 Kyanite. See Cyanite 



Labradioryte, 86§, 825 



Labradophyric, 77§ 



Labrador, 350, 442, 944 (precipita- 

 tion), 948 (fiords) ; Cambrian in, 

 467 



— current, 45, 48, 55, 166, 229, 230, 

 793, 873 



Labradorian, 446 



Labradorite, 64§, 65, 77, 85, 86, 87, 

 88. 273. 295. 311, 818, 319, 320, 323, 

 824, 32.5, 442 



Labrosaurus, 766 



Labyrinthine structure of teeth, 

 417*, 725 



Labyrinthodonts, 417*§, 796 ; Coal- 

 measure, 772 ; Permian, 869 ; Trl- 

 assic, 772*, 869 ; Cretaceous, 870 



Laccadive Islands, 145 



Laccolite, 301§ 



Laccoliths, 296, 301*, 302, 303, 345, 

 3S3, 469, 804, 806, 807, 876 



Lacerta, 7S7 



Lacertians, 787, 848 



Lacustrine areas. Tertiary, 202, 365, 

 882 



— beds (deposits), 76, 191, 202; 

 Quaternary, 985, 986, 988 



— limestone of Beauce, 926 

 Ladrones, 19, 20, 37 ; volcanoes of, 



296 

 Lailaps aquilunguis, 847 ; incrassa- 



tus, 847 

 Lsevibuccinum lineatum, 915 

 Lafayette beds (group), 888, 890, 



892 



— formation, 964 

 Lagomys spelastus, 1006 

 Lagrange group, 885, 891, 896 

 Lahontan region, 119, 133 

 Lake Agassiz, 985 



— Bonneville, 988 



— Cham plain, 982 



— Lahontan, 988 



— of the Woods, 200, 446 



— Warren, 987 



Lakes, Great, elevated shore lines 

 of, 986. See Great Lakes 



Lakes, 166, 198, 201* 



Lambdotherium, 918 



Lamellibranchs, 424§, 425*§ 



Laminarians, 56 



Laminated rocks, 80§, 309 ; struc- 

 ture, 92§ 



Lamna, 144, 863; compressa, 855; 

 elegans, 416*, 901*, 925, 926; 

 Texana. 848*, 855 



Lampreys, 418§ 



Land, arrangement of, 16, 21 ; be- 

 low sea level, 22, 23 ; in one hem- 

 isphere, 16* ; mean height of, 23 ; 

 ratio of, to water, 16 



Land-shells, 54 



Landenian group, 925 



Land's End, 317 



Landslides, 208, 232 



Langhian group, 926 



Lanthanum, 449 



Laodon venustus, 767* 



Laopithecus, 918 



Laopteryx, 768; prisons, 768 - 



Laosaurus consors, 765* 



Lapilli, 267 



Lapland, 234 (snow-line) ; Archaean 

 in, 456 ; Cambrian, 484 



La Plata (Rio de la Plata), 24, 80, 

 171, 191 (ratio of sediment to 

 water) ; Cretaceous of, 867 



Laramide Range, 382, 883, 889, 891, 

 483, 572, 581 ; Mountain System, 

 359*-864, 875, 880, 883, 398, 391, 

 406, 874*-876, 882, 883 



Laramie beds, 824, 826, 827, 828, 

 846, 847, 850, 852, 856, 870, 873, 

 880, 898 



— (Upper), 815, 821, 825, 827, 828, 

 829, 830, 856, 878, 875 



— Mts., 748 



— Plains, 747 



Lasiograptus mucronatus, 510* 

 Lassens Peak, 87, 296, 749, 937 

 Laumontite, 68 



