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INDEX. 





Michigan, Niagara in, 221. 



Quaternary in, 529. 



rocks of, 376. 



Salina in, 223. 



Salt group, 295, 377. 



Subcarboniferous in, 293,298, 

 305. 



Upper Helderberg in, 256. 

 Michigan, Lake, outlets of, 540. 

 Micrabacia, 474. 



Americana, 466. 



coronula, 476. 

 Micraster, 474. 



Cor-anguinum, 476. 

 Microchaerus erinaceus, 519. 

 Microchoncus carbonarius, 342. 

 Microdiscus, 180. 



punctatus, 180. 

 Microdon bellistriatus, 273,* 



274. 

 Microlabis Sternbergi, 351. 

 Microlestes antiquus, 427,* 429. 

 Migrations, 498, 526, 532, 533, 

 535, 542, 561, 572, 599, 607. 

 Millepores, 130,§* 621. § 



carbonate of magnesia in, 

 60. 

 Millstone grit, 65, 311, 320, 331, 



354, 358. 

 Mineral charcoal, 316. 



coal, 61 § See Coal. 



constituents of rocks, 48. 



kingdom, l.§ 

 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. 

 Miohippus, 495, 505. 

 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, 660,* 

 683. 



discharge and pitch of, 637, 

 638. 



in the Carboniferous, 355. 



in the Cretaceous, 479.* 



in the Quaternary, 548, 556. 



in the Tertiary, 521* 522. 



levees along, 608. 



sediment of, 656. 



Tertiary along, 491. 

 Mississippi River-system, 22. 

 Mississippi Valley, Subcarbon- 

 iferous 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, 330. 



Missouri, Oriskany in, 242. 



rocks of, 378. 



Subcarboniferous in, 293, 

 294. 



terraces in, 548. 



Trenton in, 196. 



Upper Helderberg in, 256. 

 Missouri, Upper (including 

 Dakota, Nebraska, Black 

 Hills, etc.), Archaean in, 

 150. 



Cretaceous in, 455. 



earlier Paleozoic largely 

 wanting 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, 637, 638. 



in the' Cretaceous, 479. 



in the Tertiarv, 522. 

 Mitra, 475, 508, 509. 



dumosa, 509. 



Millingtoni, 509. 



scabra, 519. 

 Mitscherlich, analysis of cork, 



362. 

 Mittelquader group, 470. 

 Moa, of New Zealand, 579, 580.§ 

 Modern era, 556, 574, 579, 

 Modiola, 508. 

 Modiola angusta, 281.* 



minima, 429. 



multilinigera, 508. 



plicatula, 561. 



Shawneensis, 342. 



Wyomingensis, 342. 

 Modiolopsis, 203, 243. 



antiqua, 247 



complanata, 247. 



expansa, 207. 



modiolaris, 205,* 207. 



orthonota, 223* 228. 



primigenia, 223,* 228. 



subalata, 229. 

 Moisture essential to metamor- 

 phism, 758 



in rocks, 667. 



limiting climate, 609. 



of Carboniferous atmosphere, 

 352. 

 Mole, 505, 564, 571,608. 

 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, 504, 518, 610. 



range of, in time, 589.* 

 Monogenetic range, 796. 

 Monomyaries, 126. § 



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. 



Guettardi, 448. 



mucronata, 448. 



trochoides, 449. 

 Montmorency, fault at. 215.* 

 Monument Mt., section of. 

 213.* 



Park, 643.* 

 Moon"s surface, 3. 

 Moose, 568. 



Moraines, 537, 549, 689,§ 698. 

 Morosaurus, 433. 

 Morris, 111., fossils of, 339. 

 Morrisia, 171, 174. 

 Morse, E. S., on Brachiopods, 



382 

 Mortonia Rogersi, 499 * 509. 

 Morus, 497. 



Mosaic cosmogony, 845. 

 Mosasaur, 339,§ 456. § 464, 465, 

 468, 469, 4(4, 476, 477, 484. 



first of, 477. 

 Mosasaurus Hofmanni, 474,* 

 475. 



Maximiliani, 478. 



maximus, 468. 



minor, 468. 



Missouriensis, 468, 469. 



princeps, 465,* 468. 

 Moschus, 520. 

 Moscow shale, 267. 

 Moseley, glacier motion, 696. 

 Mosses, 133,§ 252, 321, 598. 



ash of, 366. 

 Mottled colors in rocks, 760. 

 Mountain-chains, ages of, 16, 

 523, 795. 



composite character of, 19,* 

 796. 



development of, 798, 818. 



inequilateral, 806. 

 Mountain-elevation, systems 



of. See System. 

 Mountain-limestone, 306, 307. 

 Mountain-making, slow, <94. 

 Mountains, 15, § 16. 



of the Tertiary, 523, 796, 826. 



of the Paleozoic, 390. 



origin of, 798, 831. 



solid dimensions of, 21 .§ 



height of. See Heights. 

 Mt. Blanc glacier-region, 689.* 

 Mt. Etna, 739. 

 Mt. Hood, 723. 

 Mt. Lebanon, fishes of, 520. 

 Mt. Loa, 724, 729 * 

 Mt. St. Helens, 723. 

 Mt. Shasta, 723, 734 * 

 Mt. Vesuvius, 733. 

 Mouse, 416, 564. 

 Muck, 617. § 

 Mud-cracks, 84,§* 168, 222, 234, 



420. 

 Mud-marks, 85. 

 Mud lumps, 667. 



volcanoes, 667. 

 Mulinia lateralis, 510. 

 Multiplicate species, 383. § 

 Mummies, oldest, 612. 

 Murchison, disturbances after 

 Paleozoic, 402. 



