INDEX. 



623 



Waterfalls, Upper Yosemite, i, 

 138 

 Yellowstone, i, 135 

 Waterfalls and sediment, i, 137 

 Water-gaps, i, 141, 167 

 Waterlime, i, 473 

 fauna, ii, 412 



formation, ii, 389, 424; iii, 556 

 Water-table, i, 71, 215 

 Water- vapor, as a thermal fac- 

 tor, iii, 444 

 climatic effects of, i, 643 

 Wave erosion, i, 342-354 



and horizontal configuration, 



i, 353. 363, 364 

 range of, i, 346 

 topographic features developed 

 by, i, 349 

 Wave-built terraces, i, 363 

 Wave-cut terraces, i, 351 > 352 

 Wave-marks, i, 490 

 Wave-motion, i, 339 

 Waverly brachiopods, ii, 527 

 crinoids, ii, 526 

 fauna, ii, 526 

 pelecypods, ii, 527 

 shales, ii, 502, 511, 560 

 Waves, i, 339 



deposition by, i, 355 

 erosion by, i, 342-354 

 force of, i, 344 

 transportation by, i, 354 

 work of, i, 342-366 

 Wealden Crag, iii, 128, 318 

 Weathering, i, 54, no, 226 

 affected by life, i, 644 

 aided by plants, i, 112 

 aided by hot vapors, i, 113 

 effect of gravity, i, 112 

 effect of joints, i, 151, 153 

 importance of, in valley 

 growth, i, 114 

 Webberville formation, iii, 143 

 Weber conglomerate, iii, 576 

 limestone, ii, 154, 563; iii, 

 157, 57o 

 Wedgework of ice, i, 45, 48, 150 



of roots, i, 112, 131, 150 

 Weed, W. H., cited, i, 225, 237, 

 474. 656; ii, 153. 210, 267, 

 436; iii, 120, 210, 212, 

 568; (and Iddings), iii, 156, 

 159; (and Pirsson), iii, 120 

 Weeks, F. B., cited, ii, 280, 506, 



553 

 Weller, S., cited, ii, 318, 349, 

 35o, 378, 403. 410. 411. 

 425, 436, 438, 452, 453, 

 455. 458, 463, 474, 475, 

 501, 520, 525. 532, 616, 

 617; (and Kummel), 266; 

 iii, 137. 189; (and Knapp), 

 iii, 140, 187 

 Wells, artesian, i, 242 



flowing, i, 234, 242, 243 

 Wenlock series, ii, 396 

 Wenonah beds, iii, 187 

 West Elk breccia, iii, 157, 570 

 West Indies, Eocene of, iii, 220 

 Ohgocene of, iii, 244 



West Virginia, section of strata 



in, iii, 548 

 Western interior coal-field, ii, 



548 

 Western mountains, glacial de- 

 posits in, iii, 467 

 Wetumka shale, iii, 562 

 Wewaka formation, iii, 562 

 Wewee slate, ii, 150, 179 

 Weyburn Crag, in, 318 

 Whalen group, iii, 565 

 Wheeling well, temperature of, i, 



569 

 White, C. A., cited, iii, 106, 122; 



(andSchuchert), 124, 132 

 White, C. D., cited, ii, 635 

 White, D., cited, ii, 509, 540, 546, 



595 

 White, I. C, cited, ii, 440, 540, 

 558, 574, 619, 638; iii, 367, 

 382 

 White Cliff formation, iii, 313 

 White glacier, i, 263 

 White limestone, iii, 199 

 White Pine shale, iii, 576 

 White River formation, iii, 245, 



566 

 Whiteaves, J. F., cited, ii, 280, 



429; iii, 120 

 Whitetail conglomerate, iii, 



210 

 Whitfield, J. E., (and Gooch.) 



cited, i, 236 

 Whitfield, R. P., cited, ii, 280 

 Whitney, J. D., (and Hall,) 

 cited, ii, 314; iii, 67, 265, 

 516; (and Gabb), 122 

 Whittle, C. L., cited, ii, 211 

 Whittlesey, C, cited, iii, 367 

 Wichita formation, ii, 623 

 Wilchens, O., cited, iii, 171 

 Wildcat formation, iii, 310 

 Wilder, F. A., cited, ii, 621; 



iii, 205 

 Williams, E., cited, iii 384 

 Williams, G. H., cited, ii, 145, 



439 

 Williams, H. S., cited, i, 658; 

 ii, 384, 39i, 395, 420, 424, 

 452, 475, 477, 500, 530, 

 562; (and Gregory), 422, 

 434; iii, 560 

 Willis, B., cited, i, 157, 168, 169, 

 257, 344, 355, 365, 5i6, 

 543,55o; ii, 210, 300; (and 

 Blackwelder and Sargent), 

 273; iii, 144, 165, 202, 274, 

 316, 334, 352; (and Smith, 

 G. 0.), iii, 315 

 Williston, S. W., cited, ii, 624; 

 iii, 25, 26, 66, 89, 119, 

 146, 149, 179, 180. 181, 497, 

 5i6 

 Willmott, A. B., cited, ii, 181 

 Winchell, Alex., cited, ii, 10 

 Winchell, H. V., cited, i, 474 

 Winchell, N. H., cited, ii, 150, 

 320; (and Ulrich), ii, 310, 

 314; iii, 344, 367. 37o, 411, 

 415,419,516 



Wind, abrasion by, i, 38 

 effects on plants, i, 40 

 movements of sea, generated 



by, 1, 336 

 transports organisms, i, 41 

 work of, i, 21-41 

 Wind River group, iii, 208 

 Wind-blown dust, i, 22 

 Wind-blown sands, i, 25 

 Wind-ripples, i, 37 

 Winslow, A., cited, i, 474; ii, 



337, 575; i", 411 

 Wisconsin drift, iii, 383, 390 

 earlier glacial stage, iii, 392 

 later glacial stage, iii, 393 

 lead in, ii, 337 

 map of southern, ii, 393 

 river, dells of, l, 152 

 Wisconsin, zinc in, ii, 337 

 Wise formation, ii, 559 

 Wolff, J. E., cited, ii, 213 

 Wood, H., cited, iii, 120 

 Wood, composition of, ii, 569 

 Woodbine formation, iii, 142 

 Woodbury beds, iii, 187 

 Woodford chert, ii, 435; iii, 562 

 Woodville sandstone, iii, 553 

 Woodward, A. S., cited, ii, 487, 

 488, 489, 534, 650 ; iii, 46, 

 87, 88, 256, 285 

 Woodward, R. S., cited, i, 560, 

 581; ii, 236; iii, 482, 519 

 Woodworth, J. B., cited, ii, 544, 

 549; iii, 403; (and Shaler), 

 8, 10, 15, 17, 18 

 Worthen, A. H., cited, ii, 534; 



iii, 411 

 Worthenia tabulata, ii, 616 

 Wortman, J. L., cited, iii, 207, 



225, 238 

 Wright, G. F., cited, iii, 370, 

 382,415,516; (and Lewis), 

 368 

 Wright, Thomas, cited, ii, 4 

 Wyandotte Cave, i, 227, 228 

 Wyman sandstone, ii, 562; iii, 



560 

 Wyoming, burnt coal of, iii, 

 153 

 section of strata in, iii, 565 



Xenoneura antiquorum, ii, 494 

 Xenophora conchyliophora, iii, 



294 

 Xiphodontidae, iii, 236 

 Xiphodonts, Miocene, iii, 284 



Yakima basalt, iii, 267 

 Yarmouth interglacial forma- 

 tion, iii- 494 

 stage, iii, 389 

 Yazoo river, i, 188 

 Yellowstone park, geysers of, i, 

 238 

 hot springs of, i. 225 

 Yellowstone river, canyon of, i, 

 100 

 falls of. i, 135 

 Yellowstone series, iii, 568 



