CONTENTS 



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PART V 



THE BEGOLITH 



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I. CLASSIFICATIOlsr AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION .... 287 



1. Sedentary Materials 288 



(1) Residuary Deposits: Residual Sands and Clays; 



Terra Rossa; Laterite, etc 289 



(2) Cumulose Deposits: Peat; Muck and Swamp 



Soils in part 301 



2. Transported Materials 307 



(1) Colluvial Deposits: Talus, Cliff Debris and Ma- 



terial of Avalanches 



(2) Alluvial Deposits: Modern Alluvium; Delta; 



Sea-coast Swamps; Loess; Adobe in part; 

 Cbamplain Clays; Beacb Sands and G-ravel . 



(3) Eolian Deposits: "Wind-blown Sand; Sand 



Dunes; Volcanic Dust . . . *. 



(4) Glacial Deposits: Moraine Material; Eskers; 



Drumlins, etc 



3. The Soil 



(1) The Chemical Nature of Soils . 



(2) The Mineral Composition of Soils 



(3) The Physical Condition of Soils . 



(4) The Weight of Soils . 



(5) The Kinds and Classification of Soils 



(6) The Color of Soils . 



(7) The Age of Soils 



(8) Soils as Affected by Plant and Animal Life 



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