XVI CONTENTS. 



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VI. Movements of the Earth's Crust, and their Consequences 716 



1. Movements of the Earth's Crust — Plications — Mountains 716 



2. Structural Peculiarities of Rocks 725 



3. Earthquakes 728 



4. Evolution of the Earth's General Features 731 



COSMOGONY 741 



APPENDIX. 



A. Animal Kingdom.— Distinctions of Animals and Plants — Proto- 



zoans 747 



B. Hudson Period — Lorraine Shales 750 



C. Devonian Age , 750 



D. Carboniferous Period 751 



E. Jurassic Period 751 



F. Glacial Epoch 753 



G. Coral Reefs.— Rate of Growth— Florida Reefs— Chalk : 754 



H. Progress of Life 755 



I. Mineral Oil 756 



J. Catalogue of American Localities of Fossils 757 



K. Brief Synopsis of this Manual 759 



L. Authorities of the Figures of Fossils, Sections, and Views 769 



M. Scientific Nomenclature 774 



INDEX 775 



LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. 



Ag. — L. Agassiz. 



B.— E. Billings. 



Brngt. — Brongniart. 



Con.— T. A. Conrad. 



D'Orb. — Alcide d'Orbigny. 



D.— J. D. Dana. 



E. & H. — Edwards & Haime. 



Ehr. — Ehrenberg. 



Gopp. — Goppert. 



H.— J. Hall. 



H. & M.— Hall & Meek. 



Hk.— E. Hitchcock. 



LJ—J. Leidy. 



Lam. — Lamarck. 



Lsqx. — L. Lesquereux. 



Linn. — Linnaeus. 



M.— F. B. Meek. 



M. & H.— Meek & Hayden. 



Schp. — Schimper. 



Shum. — Shumard. 



Sow. — -Sowerby. 



Sternb. — Sternberg. 



Suck. — Suckow. 



T. & Hs. — Tuomey & Holmes. 



Ung. — Unger. 



Van. — L. Vanuxem. 



