Index 



Faulting, four distinct periods, 148; 

 physiographic criteria of, 124. 



Faults in Sierra Nevada, relative ages, 

 143; sequence of (summary) , 158. 



Fauna, Martinez, 173; Thousand 

 Creek, 47, 210, 212, 214; of Vir- 

 gin Valley beds, 205, 214; age of, 

 218. 



Felidae, 251. 



Felis, 205, 207, 211, 212, 214, 216, 244, 



251, 252. 

 maxima, 251. 

 Felix atrox bebbi, 163, 164. 

 Fernando series, California, 368. 

 Finley, W. L., 3. 

 Fisher, Eugene, 163. 

 Flabellum remondianum, 173, 177. 

 Fossil Beaver from the Kettleman 



Hills, California, 401. 

 Fossil leaves, 35. 

 Fraas, E., 320. 



Franciscan series, 57, 60 ; pre-francis- 

 can rocks, 58. 



Franktown, Nevada, 93; area of fault- 

 zone of the Sierra Nevada, 125; 

 granite fault-scarp in, 125. 



Freel Peak, 111. 



Fresh-water formation, 71 ; thickness 



800 feet, 71. 

 Pullica americana, 82. 



minor, 82. 

 Fulton, Robert L., 22. 

 Furlong, E. L., 24, 26, 43, 51, 252, 386. 

 Fusus, 174. 

 Gabb, W. M., 171. 



Gabbro, southwest of Tahoe City, 99. 

 Galerus excentricus, 174, 177. 

 Gallinae, 83, 397. 



Genoa, topographic area of fault-zone, 

 134. 



Genoa Peak, 97, 109, 110, 111, 134. 

 Geology of the Sargent Oil Field, 



The, 55. 

 Geomorphic zones, 108. 

 Geomorphogeny, The, of the Sierra 



Nevada, Northeast of Lake 



Tahoe, 89. 

 (Teomorphy, 107. 



I. Summit zone, 108. 



II. High plateau, 110; a significance 

 of summits and plateau, 111. 



III. Fault zone, 112; detailed de- 

 scription, 114; Carson area, 114; 

 Franktown area, 125 ; Genoa area, 

 134; summation of topography, 

 135. 



IV. Valley zone, 136. 

 Geomorphy, influence of rocks on, 



103; joints, 103; weathering, 104. 



Geranoaetus, 312, 313, 392, 399. 

 fragilis, 308, 309, 315, 316. 

 grinnelli, 308, 309, 314, 315, 316, 

 392. 



melanoleucus, 306, 313, 314, 315, 

 316, 392, 393. 

 Gidley, J. W., 22, 53, 203, 257, 271, 

 280. 



Gilbert, G. K., 338, 354, 377, 382. 

 Gilbert, J. Z., 313. 

 Gnmore, C. W., 203. 

 Glangula islandica, 82. 

 Glaucidium, 398. 



gnoma, 395, 400. 

 Glenbrook, 97, 99, 101. 

 Gold, free, 97. 

 Uordon Wallace, 334. 

 Graben, down-dropped crust blocks, 

 143, 149. 



Granodiorite, 93; petrography of, 93. 



Granger, Walter, 203. 



Gravels, river, 97; mining of, near 



Franktown, 98; Tertiary river, 



133. 



Grinnell, Joseph, 3, 314. 

 Guintvllo, John, 163. 

 Gymnogyps, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 

 19, 390. 



amplus, 390, 391, 399. 



californianus, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 

 13, 14, 15, 19, 390, 391. 

 Gypaetus, 306. 

 Gypagus, 6. 



papa, 19. 

 Haliaetus, 306, 307, 312, 392. 



alascanus, 310. 



leucocephalus, 306, 308, 310, 311, 

 316. 



alascanus, 310, 313. 



leucocephalus, 310. 

 Harelda hyemalis, 82. 

 Hawver cave, California, 386. 

 Hay, O. P., 234. 



Hay Springs, Nebraska, 191, 192. 

 Heindl, A. J., 23, 26, 28, 41, 42, 47, 51. 

 llelicoceras vermicularis, 172, 176. 

 Herodiones, 82. 



Hershey, O. H., 167, 336, 337, 339, 340, 



352, 361, 382. 

 Hess, F. L., 383. 

 Heteroderma, 174, 175. 

 Heteromyidae, 255. 

 High Plateau, geomorphic feature of 



Sierra Nevada, 110. 

 High Rock Caiion, 51, 209. 

 Hogbohm, Bertil, 317. 

 Holland, W. J., 203. 

 Hot Springs, 140. 



Howlite, 179, 181; occurrence, 187; 



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