602 



INDEX. 



Kindle, E. M., cited, ii, 386 

 King, C.i cited, i, 560; ii, 210, 



250, 308, 322, 435; in, 27. 



66, 70, 205, 208, 209, 210, 



213, 266, 274. 275. 298, 



311. 313. 334. 336,467, 472 

 King, F. H., cited, 1, 220 

 Kingsmill.T. W.,(andSkertchly.) 



cited, iii, 407, 424 

 Kiowa shale, iii, 118 

 Kitchi schist, ii, 149 

 Kittatinny base-level, i, 168 

 Knapp, G. N., cited, iii, 113; 



(and Weller), iii, 140, 187 

 Knife Lake slates, ii, 150, 180 

 Knight, C. R., cited, iii, 100, 176, 



177, 325 

 Knight, W. C, cited, ii, 435, 



505. 553. 621, 624; iii, 26, 



64, 119, 146 

 Knobs in terminal moraine, iii, 



365 

 Knorria, Mississippian, ii, 537 

 Knowlton, F. H., cited, iii, 132, 



210, 266 

 Knox dolomite, ii, 150, 179, 



316; iii, 548, 55i 

 Knoxville formation, iii, 122, 



160, 577 

 Koipeto formation, iii, 28 

 Kokomo limestone, ii, 389 

 Kome series, iii, 132 

 Kona dolomite, ii, 150, 179 

 Kootenay formation, iii, 120, 121 

 Koto, Dr., cited, i, 534; ii, 159 

 Krakatoa, i, 22, 610, 611, 618 

 Krogh, A., cited, ii, 666, 667; 



ii, 440 

 Kummel, H. B., cited, i, 203; 



iii, 10, 14, 16, 113, 523; 



(and Weller), ii, 266 

 Kupferschiefer, ii, 629 

 Kutorgina cingulata, ii, 297 



Labrador Archean, ii, 146 

 Labradorean ice-sheet, iii, 330 

 Labradorite, i, 400, 429, 464 

 Labyrinthodonts, ii, 607 



Mississippian, ii, 538 



Triassic, iii, 42 

 Laccolith, i, 500, 592 

 Lacustrine deposits, i, 388 



Pleistocene, iii, 446 

 Laelaps, iii, 176 

 Lafayette formation, iii, 301, 449 



altitude, iii, 302 



color, iii, 304 



constitution, iii, 303 



distribution, iii, 302 



erosion of, iii, 304 



fossils, iii, 305 



genesis, iii, 305 



thickness, iii, 303 

 Lake, P., (and Kayser,) cited, ii, 



271,444 

 Lake Agassiz, iii, 402 



Algonquin, iii, 399, 401 



Arkona, iii, 397 



Bonneville, i, 360; iii, 455 



Champlain, glacial, iii, 399 



Lake Chicago, iii, 395. 397 



Dana, iii, 399 



Duluth, iii, 396 



Huron, Proterozoic north of, 

 ii, 203 



ice, 1, 389 



Iroquois, iii, 399, 401 



Lahontan, in, 463 465 



Lundy, iii, 399 



Maumee, iii, 395, 396, 397 



Mono, iii, 467 



Nipissing, in, 402, 404 



Pepin, i, 179 



Saginaw, in, 397 



Superior region, succession of 

 events in, ii, 200 



Warren, iii, 399 



Whittlesey, iii, 399 

 Lakes, i, 386-392 



bayou, i, 192, 193 



changes taking place in, i, 387 



delta, i, 204 



deposits in, i, 387 



extinct, i, 388 



formed by rivers, i, 191, 192, 

 198 



ice of, i, 389 



oxbow, i, 192, 198 

 Lakota sandstone, iii, 68, 566 

 Land animals, Comanchean, iii, 

 133 



Cretaceous, iii, 175 



Devonian, ii, 494, 495 



Eocene, iii, 228 



Jurassic, iii, 95 



Miocene, iii, 283 



Mississippian, ii, 537 



Oligocene, iii, 253 



Pennsylvanian, ii, 606 



Permian, ii, 646 



Pleistocene, iii, 495 



Pliocene, iii, 321 



Triassic, iii, 41 

 Land formations, Eocene, iii, 204 

 Land life, Carboniferous, ii, 606 



Cretaceous, iii, 172 



Devonian, ii, 490, 491 



Eocene, iii, 228 



Jurassic, iii, 94, 95 



Miocene, iii, 283 



Mississippian, ii, 537 



Oligocene, iii, 253 



Ordovician, ii, 346 



Permian, ii, 646 



Pleistocene, iii, 495 



Pliocene, iii, 321 



Triassic, iii, 41 

 Land periods, iii, 95 

 Landes, EL, cited, ii, 506; iii, 



202, 271 

 Landslide, i, 231 



topography of, i, 230 

 Landslip mountain, i, 230 

 Land-water life, criteria of, ii, 



480 

 Land- waters, Devonian life of, ii, 



480 

 Lane, A. C, cited, i, 557, 636; 

 ii, 504, 540, 544, 548; in, 

 553 



Langley, S. P., cited, ii, 674, 677; 

 iii, 444; (and Abbot), in, 431 

 Laosaurus, iii, 99 

 Lapham, I. A., cited, in, 361 

 Lapilli, i, 470 



in sea, i, 381, 405 

 Laplace, Marquis de, cited, i, 



564 

 Laplacian hypothesis, ii, 4 

 difficulties of, 11, 82 

 of earth's history, ii, 82 

 modification of, ii, 88 

 objections to, ii, 10 

 Laporta, cited, iii, 530 

 Lapworth, C, cited, ii, 340, 345, 



364 

 Laramide range, iii, 163 



crustal shortening due to fold- 

 ing, i, 549 

 Laramide system, iii, 163 

 Laramie epoch, deformation at 

 close of, iii, 166 

 faulting at close of, iii, 164 

 Laramie series, iii, 70, 152, 153, 

 154. 157, 166, 206, 566, 563, 

 57o 

 thickness, iii, 153 

 Lariosaurus, iii, 45 



balsami, iii, 46 

 Later Wisconsin glacial stage, 



iii, 393 

 Lateral creep of continents, ii, 



132 

 Lateral moraines, i, 266, 302 

 in Bighorn mountains, i, 303 

 in Italy, i, 303 

 in Uinta mountains, i, 303 

 in Wasatch mountains, i, 303 

 Lateral pressure, metamorphism 



by, i, 448 

 Lateral spreading, ii, 233 

 Laterite, i, 470 



Laurentian formation, ii, 141- 

 143 

 original area of, ii, 151, 204 

 Laurus, iii, 132 

 Lava cones, i, 608 

 Lavas, i, 612-616 



and ground-water, i, 616 

 consanguinity and succession 



of, i, 614 

 crystallization of, i, 402, 403 

 depth of source of, i, 616 

 modes of reaching surface, i, 



631 

 origin of, i, 623-631 

 rhyolitic (flow) structure of, 



i, 410 

 solidification of, i, 393 

 temperatures of, i, 615, 626 

 Lavas and underground water, i, 



627 

 Lawson, A. C, cited, 11, 151, 157: 

 iii, 201, 263,310,481; (and 

 Palache), iii, 363 ' 



Lead in Illinois, ii, 337 

 in Iowa, ii, 337 

 in Missouri, ii, 337 

 in Ordovician, ii, 337 

 in Wisconsin, ii, 337 



