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INDEX. 



Vermont, sections of rocks, 212.* 



terraces in, 548. 



Tertiary in, 494. 



Trenton in, 196. 

 Verneuil, on commencement of 



Devonian, 241. 

 Verrill, A. E., on Gulf Stream 



in the Quaternary, 541. 

 Verrill, on Ascidians, 602. 

 Vertebrate types, range of, 



588* 

 Vertebrates, 120, 121,§ 578, 594, 

 595, 614. 



first of, 247, 602. 



first American, 261. 



lowest of, 265. 



range of, 588. 

 Verticillites anastomosans, 476. 

 Vespertine series, 295, 375. 

 Vesulian group, 435. 

 Vesuvius, 724, 733, 737, 744. 



eruptions of, 734. 

 Viburnum, 497. 



dichotoinum, 498. 



Whymperi, 498. 

 Vicksburg group, 491, 494. 

 Vienna, Miocene plants of, 515, 



525. 

 Vincularia, 474- 

 Virginia, Archaean in, 150. 



Carboniferous in, 311, 314, 

 320, 321. 



Catskill in, 280. 



Chazy in, 182. 



Cincinnati in, 197. 



Clinton in, 218. 



Cretaceous in, 455. 



faults in, 399. 



folds in, 396,* 786.* 



Lower Helderberg in, 236- 



Millstone grit in, 311. 



monoclinal faults in, 399. 



Potsdam in, 168. 



Salina in, 233. 



section of rocks, 788. 



Subcarboniferous in, 293, 295. 



Tertiary in, 490, 491, 495, 

 511. 



thermal springs in, 401. 



Triassic in, 405, 406, 419. 



zinc ores in, 186. 

 Virgulian group, 435. 

 Vitis Islandica, 498. 



Olriki, 498. 

 Viverra, 519. § 

 Viverravus gracilis, 510. 

 Viviparous Mammals, 416. 

 Viviparus, 493, 508. 



fluviorum, 450.* 



Leai, 501,* 508. 



retusus, 501,* 508. 



trochiformis, 508. 

 Vohl, II. , analysis of ash, 365. 

 Volcanic cones, 724, 726,* 730.* 



bombs, 736. § 



glass, 727, § 743. 



sand, 63. § 



slag, 727.§ 

 Volcanoes, nature and action 

 of, 722. 



distribution of, 723. 



evidence from, of internal 

 heat of globe, 717. 

 Voluta, 483, 500. 



ambigua, 519. 



athleta, 519. 



dumosa, 509. 



first of, 475 



Lamberti. 519. 



Voluta nodosa, 518. 



petrosa, 509. 



Wetherellii, 518. 

 Volutilithes petrosa, 509. 

 Voltzia,408, 409. § 



heterophylla, 409, 425,* 429. 

 Vulpavus palustris, 510. 



Wacke, 68,§ 79. § 

 Waders easily fossilized, 613, 

 862. 



in the Cretaceous, 466, 468. 



in the Tertiary, 503, 510. 

 Wahsatch Mts., 454, 486, 523, 

 791, 795. 



group, 490. 

 Walchia, 349, 370, 371. § 



piniformis, 370,* 371. 

 Waldheimia, 170,*§ 173, 341. 

 Wales, Carboniferous in, 345, 

 346. 



Devonian in, 282. 



disturbances in, 402 



geological map of, 344 * 



in the Triassic, 423. 



Primordial in, 179. 



Quaternary in, 533, 555. 



Silurian in, 207, 244. 



Subcarboniferous in, 306. 

 Wallace, A. R., on Man, 604. 

 Wall-rock, 114. § 

 Walnut, 471, 514. 

 Walrus, 508. 

 Warren, skeleton of Mastodon, 



567. 

 Warren, G-. K., 658, 663 

 Warren & Storer on oils, 362. 

 Warsaw limestone, 294. 

 Washita limestone. 457. 

 Wasp, 121. § 

 Water, arrangement of, 10. 



as a chemical agent, 702. 



as a dynamical agent, 635. 



lost in metamorphism, 756. 



oxygen in, 49. 



See, further, Rivers, Oceans, 

 Glaciers, Aquatic, Gey- 

 sers. 

 Waters, of ocean, specific grav- 

 ity of, 668 



freezing, 687- 



hot, action of, 453, 759. 



subterranean, 663. 

 Waterlime group, 164, 236. 

 Water-rat, 577. 

 Water-species inferior, 592. 

 Watt, G. K., on basalt, 831. 

 Wave-action on coral reefs, 621. 

 Wave-marks, 84,§ 222, 267, 685- 

 Waves, force and action of, 

 670, 676. 



tidal, 672. 



earthquake, 674, 679. 

 Waver ly sandstone, 295, 376. 

 Weald clay, 435. 

 Wealden epoch, 434, 470, 485. 

 Weasel, 577. 

 Websky, analysis of peat, 316. 



analysis of marsh-gas, 364. 



analysis of Sphagnum, 362. 

 Weevils, 349 

 Weinhold, analysis of fern-ash, 



365. 

 Weissliegende, 369. 

 Wells, Artesian, 664* 

 Welwitschia, 329, 330. 



mirabilis, 325.* 

 Wenlock group, 164, 244, 247. 

 Werfen beds, 425. 



Wesenburg group, 164. 

 West Indies, trends of islands 

 in, 35. 

 volcanoes in, 724. 

 Weston, T, water plain on Long 



Island, 669. 

 West Virginia, Carboniferous 

 in, 291. 

 Quaternary in, 528, 532. 

 Subcarboniferous in, 295, 

 305. 

 Western-border region, 146, 



401. 

 Western-interior region, 401, 



406, 4u7, 431, 454. 

 Islands, 37 * 



Whale, 121, 416, 506, 568. 

 Whales, range of, in time, 589.* 

 Whetstone beds, 304. 

 White, C- A , on Iowa rocks, 



294, 305, 374, 377. 

 White, M. C, on Protophytes, 

 etc., in hornstone, 257,* 

 260. 

 White Lias, 425. 

 White Mountains, Quaternary 



in, 537,538. 

 White Oak Mountain sandstone, 



379. 

 White River group, 495, 506. 



trap, 76. § 

 Whittleseya, 349. 



elegans, 330. 

 Whittlesey, C, combustible 

 matter in shales, 198. 

 iron ores, 153. 

 Lake Superior rocks, 184. 

 Whitney, J. D , analysis of 

 limestone, 222. 

 borax deposits, 753. 

 Cretaceous in California, 457. 

 Drift in California, 528. 

 Missouri iron-ores, 153, 159. 

 ore-deposits of Wisconsin, 113, 



776. 

 Primordial in Nevada, 168. 

 Triassic in California, 406, 



407, 766. 

 Whortleberry, 514. 

 Wild-boar, 562, 564, 571, 577. 

 Wild-cat, 564. 



WilkeS; C., on icebergs, 701. 

 Williamsite, 73. § 

 Willow, 459, 471. 

 Winchell, A , on rocks of Mich- 

 igan, 374, 376. 

 Windings of streams, 648. 

 Wind River group, 495. 

 Wind River Mts., Archaean in. 

 150, 390. 



Chazy in, 185. 



Jurassic in, 431. 



Upper Silurian in, 232. 

 Windsor series, 296. 

 Winnipeg Lake, Upper Silurian 

 fossils at, 230. 



terraces at, 551. 



Trenton at, 194. 

 Winooski limestone, 167. 

 Wisconsin, Calciferous in, 183 



Chazy in, 182 



Clinton in, 220. 



lead-mines of, 197. 



Potsdam in, 168. 



Quaternary in, 529, 538. 



Trenton in, 196. 



Upper Helderberg in, 256. 

 Wittig, E. , analyses of i 



