INDEX. 



1085 



ferox, 1006 ; pristinus, 1001 ; spe- 

 Iseus, 1004*, 1009 



Urus, lOlS 



Utah, mean height of, 23 ; high 

 plateaus of, 187, 386 ; Henry Mts. 

 in, 301 ; ore heds of, 338, 839*, 

 340 ; map of, 360* 



— , Archaean in, 449 ; Camhrian, 

 469, 473, 476; Lower Silurian, 

 469, 495; Trenton, 495; Carbon- 

 iferous, 301, 658, 674, 690; Per- 

 mian, 660 ; Triassic, 746 ; Jura- 

 Trias, 749 ; Jurassic, 747, 760 ; 

 Cretaceous, 302, 339*, 340, 825 

 (coal), 826, 829, 856 ; post-Meso- 

 zoic, 876 ; Tertiary, 302, 365, 366, 

 882, 886, 893, 901, 934 



Ute limestone, 494 



Utlca and Hudson epochs, 489, 492 



Tal d'Arno, 927 



Yaldivia, 51 



Valenginian, 859, 865 



Valley drift, 946 



Yalleys, excavation of, 180, 182 ; 

 filled, not excavated by the ocean, 

 228 



Tallonia pulchella, 966 



Valparaiso, banded and other veins, 

 329*, 332* ; earthquake in 1822, 

 349 



Vanadate, 340 



Vancouver Island, 23, 747 ; Creta- 

 ceous of, 818 ; coal of, 825 ; coal- 

 plants of, 837, 840, 872 



— Eange, 25, 812, 892 

 Vanuxemia Montrealensis, 503 

 Varenna marble, 774 



Vasum horridum, 917 ; subcapitel- 



lum, 916 

 Vavau Island, 39, 850 (elevation) 

 Vegetable kingdom, 9, 413, 414, 



434-4;37 

 Vegetation, protection by, 155 

 Vein-structure of glaciers, 243 

 Veins, 327 ; of Archaean rocks, 



449 

 Veinstone, 831§ 

 Veleda lintea, 854 

 Venericardia borealis, 917 ; plani- 



costa, 897* 

 Venezuela, 81, 857 (Cretaceous) 

 Veniella Conradi, 854 ; trapezoidea, 



854 

 Ventriculites, 482*, 860 

 Venus, density of, 16 ; oblique lines 



on surface of, 395 

 Venus, 425§, 916 ; cortinarea, 917 ; 



mercenaria, 994 ; rugatina, 900*, 



917 

 Venus's Flovper-basket, 432 

 Verd-antlque marble, 68§, 77, 79, 



89§ 

 Vergent series, 728 

 Vermes, 423 



Vermiceras Crossmani, 760 

 Vermicular hmeroek, 555 ; sand- 

 stone and shales, 637 

 Vermilion Chflfs, 187, 747 



— group, 886 



— Pass, 469 



— schists, 446 



Vermont, 23 (height), 825, 496 ; eo- 

 lian limestone, 517 ; faults, 527, 

 528* ; fossils, 309, 810, 887, 896 ; 

 marbles, 524, 528 



Vertebraria, 698 



Vertebrates, 141, 404, 414, 415-418, 

 424§; relation of, to Invertebrates, 

 418 ; Merosthenic, era of, 796 ; 

 Urosthenic, era of, 796 



— , Lower Silurian, 496, 509, 525 ; 

 Paleozoic, 725-726 



Vesicular rocks, 78§, 298 



Vespertine series, 634, 728 



Vesperugo, 918 



Vesulian group, 790 



Vesuvius (Mt.), 85, 266*, 276, 280 



Viburnum Goldianum, 839 



Vicksburg epoch (beds), 880, 884, 

 889, 890, 896, 898*, 916 



Victoria, Lake, 200 



Victoria (province), 698, 699 



Vicuila, 54 



Vienna, Miocene of, 922, 939 



Viesch glacier, 237 



View of the aa lava-stream, 287* 



View of alluvial cones, Indus Basin, 

 195* 



View of an atoll, 145* 



View of Beehive Geyser in action, 

 808* 



View of blocks on the shore-plat- 

 form of the Paumotus, 222* 



View (ideal) of Carboniferous vege- 

 tation, 666* 



View of cliffs, Port Jackson, N.S. 

 W., 221* 



View of Colorado Cafion, 188* 



View of columnar basalt, Orange, 

 K.J., 262* 



View of drop-made and of rain- 

 made columns, 178* 



View in Elk Mts., showing up- 

 turned strata, 106*, 364* 



View of Geyserite Terraces, N. 

 Zeal., 305* 



View of the Gorner Glacier, 237* 



View of Gothic Mt., Col., 275* 



View of a high island with barrier 

 and fringing reefs, 148* 



View of jointed rocks, Cayuga Lake, 

 112* 



View of Juke's Butte, 801* 



View of Kiama basaltic columns. 

 261*, 262* 



View of Kilauea, 270* 



View of loess formation on the 

 Hoang Ho, 196* 



View of Mammoth Hot Springs, 

 132* 



View of Marble Cafion, 187* 



View of the southwest end of Mok- 

 katam, 160* 



View from Monument Park, illus- 

 trating erosion, 186* 



View of Mount Shasta, 267* 



View of Nanawale cinder-cones, 

 285* 



View of Oahu tufa-cones,"271* 



View of Obsidian Cliflf, Yellowstone 

 Park, 264* 



View of " The Old Hat," New Zea- 

 land, 221* 



View of Phonolyte Peak, Fernando 

 de Noronha, 268* 



View of plicated clayey layer, 209* 



View on Eoche-Moutonnee Creek, 

 250* 



View of rocks detached by wave- 

 action, Mount Desert, 219*, 220* 



View of rocks disrupted by roots of 

 trees, 157* 



View of sandstone veins, Oregon, 

 344* 



View of Temple of Jupiter Serapis, 

 849* 



View of terraces on the Connecticut 

 Pviver, 194* 



View of trap bluff at Greenfield, 805* 



View of tufa dejjosits. Lake Mono, 

 132* 



View of upturned Cretaceous beds 

 near Abu Koasch, 161* 



View of Vesuvius, 266* 



View of water-and-gas geyser. Pa., 

 60S* 



View of West Eock, 804* 



Virgen, Eio. See Virgin Elver 



Virgin Elver, 889, 363 



Virginia, 23 (height), 24, 125, 353, 

 857, 353, 8S8, 887, 437, 468; iron 

 ore beds, 127, 449 ; section of 

 rocks, 855 ; upturnings in, 532, 

 808 



Virgloria, Virglorian, 774 



Virgulian group, 791 



Vise limestone, 696 



Viso, Mt., 266 



Vitrifiable clay, 81 § 



Vitriol, 70 



Vitulina, 627 



Viverra, 927 



Viviparous Mammals, 415 



Viviparus, 856 ; fluviorum, 861* 



Volcanic action and its causes, 277- 

 298 ; reached its maximum in 

 later Cretaceous and Tertiary, 

 326 



Volcanic ashes, eolian transporta- 

 tion of, 80 ; deposited over the 

 sea bottom, 136 



— belt separating northern and 

 southern continents, 394 



— bombs, 287*§, 289§ 



— eruptions, earthquakes not essen- 

 tial in, 286 



— glass, 84§, 86, 87, 263, 264* 2J2- 

 2S8§ 



— mud. See Tufa 



— necks, 290§ 



— rocks, 84, 272, 298 



— vapors, 268§, 269, 277-282, 288- 

 288 (passim) ; work of spent 

 vapors, 298-295 



Volcanoes, distribution of, 295-297 ; 

 number, 297 ; occurrence in lines, 

 282 ; of continents mostly on 

 their borders, 295, 392 ; conti- 

 nental distinguished from oceanic, 

 379 



— , carbonic acid from, 128, 273 



^, extinction of, 290-291 ; interior 

 of, before and after extinction, 

 290, 291 



Volga, 33 



