CONTENTS. 



V 



PART II. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY. 



PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Extent of North America.— Mountains. — Rocky Mountains. — 

 Atlantic Series. — The Blue Ridge.— The Appalachian. — The 

 Alleghany. — The Eastern System. — Atlantic Plain. — Central 

 Basin. — Influence of Geological Structure on Society. — Influ- 

 ence of Geological Formations on Scenery . . Page 206 



CHAPTER XX. 

 GEOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES. 



PRIMARY ROCKS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Primitive Rocks. — Prof. Hitchcock's Arrangement. — Stratified 

 and Unstratified. — Distribution of Primary Rocks.— In New- 

 England. — In the Middle States. — Syenitic Porphyry. — Pri- 

 mary Stratified Rocks. — Gneiss. — Mica Slate. — Talcose 

 Slate. — Granular Limestone. — Minerals in Granitoid Rocks 



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CHAPTER XXI. 

 GEOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES. 

 TRANSITION ROCKS. 



Definition. — Clay Slate. — Its Distribution. — Transition Lime- 

 stone. — Mr. M'Clure's Description of this Formation. — Mr. 

 Featherstonhaugh's Old Red Sandstone. — Its Geological Dis- 

 tribution 230 



CHAPTER XXII. 



GEOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES. 

 LOWER SECONDARY FORMATIONS. 



Carboniferous Group (De la Beche). Medial Order. 

 Secondary Rocks— Their Division. — Carboniferous Limestone 

 — Its Range. — Mr. Featherstonhaugh's Account of it. — The 

 Coal Measures— Of what they consist — Their Situation. — 



