INDEX. 
691 
Pulkova (St. Petersburg), erratic blocks at, 512. 
Pulkovka brook, abundance of lower Silurian fossils near, 29. 
, section across, exhibiting undulations, 31. 
, transverse crack of the strata through which the 
brook runs, 31*. 
Puluaya-gora (Arctic Ural), a hill of Silurian rock charged with 
concretions, 409. 
Pulnitza (St. Petersburg), Ungulite grit near, 27*. 
Pusch, M., his works on Poland, 264, 292, 652. 
Putievil, Scandinavian detritus on the Sera near, 525. 
Putshino near Serpuchof, Moscow, white (carboniferous) lime- 
stone exposed at, 82. 
, calcareous tufa at, 82. 
Pyrenees, paheozoic rocks of the, 4. 
Pyritous condition of the coal in the central carboniferous basin 
of Russia, 78. 
QuAnER-SANDSTEiN the representative on the continent of the 
upper part of the lower greensand, 261 . 
Quadrupeds, fossil, of Russia iu Eiu-ope, 500. 
Quart/., blocks of, on the surface of Jurassic districts in Russia, 
247. 
, veins of, in the North Ural, 381, 477 et seq. 
- rock (metamorpkic) composes the Taganai mountain and 
many other peaks of the South Ural, 428, 457 et seq. 
, bands of, iu micaceous schist forming the crest of 
the Ural-tau, 433. 
, passage of mica schist into, 433. 
, northern erratic blocks of, at Jurievetz, on the 
Volga, 520. 
veins with gold, 477. 
Quartzose grauwackc near Avziausk (South Ural), 459. 
and micaceous schists of the South Ural, 452. 
micaceous schist (I tacoluinite) of the Ural the matrix 
of diamonds, 481. 
rocks of the Arctic Ural, 407. 
Quenstedt, M., his list of fossils of the zechstein of Thuringia, 
215. 
Kadionofka, near Serpuchof, section of carboniferous rocks 
• at, 81 . 
Raised beaches, so called, some of them raised sea-bottoms, 552. 
Rapolmaya near Perm, fossil Cythevina found in Permian rocks 
at, 143. 
Rebrova (St. Petersburg), Ungulite grit near, 27*. 
Recession of the falls of the Narva, 34. 
Red conglomerate at the base of the carboniferous deposit of 
the Donetz coal-field, 93 ; near Steilitamak, 460. 
rocks of the carboniferous period in Russia, 98. 
series above the fossiliferous limestones of the Permian 
period, 175. 
— r marls (Permian) between Archangel and the government 
of Vologda, 176. 
, wide spread of, in Russia, 180 et seq. 
Relation existing between the greater or less duration of species 
and their extension to distant parts, 216. 
Remains, organic. See Fossils. 
Kepidolite, a mineral found on the western flank of the Nazim- 
skaya-gora, South Ural, 428. 
Resume of the whole work, 579. 
Rhenish provinces, Belgium, Ac., confirmation of the views of 
paleozoic classification (particularly Devonian) by the ex- 
amination of these districts, 1*. 
Rhinoceros lichorkinus, complete carcass of, found by Pallas, 496. 
Riga, fossil fishes from the Devonian beds of, 53. 
Ringerigge (Norway), Old Red Sandstone overlying upper Silu- 
rian strata at, 13. 
Ringimta buccinea, a fossil found in the rock salt of W lehezka, 
291. 
Rivers, the keys of the geology of European Russia, 22. 
do not traverse the Ural mountains, 344. 
, descent of, in Russia, 232 ; on the flanks of the Ural, 
362, 382. 
River courses of Siberia of great antiquity, 499. 
Roads in Russia, usually pass over the highest land, 572. 
Robinson, Dr., his explanation of the freezing cavern at illetz- 
kaya-Zastchita, 191. 
Rock-salt works at Illetzkaya-Zastehita, 184. 
Roemer, Dr. F., his work on the Rhenish provinces, 3. 
Rogers, Messrs. W. and H., their views on the palaiozoic suc- 
cession of North America, 4*. 
Roofs and floors of the coal-seams in the northern carboniferous 
district in Russia, 108. 
Rose, M. Gustaf, his work on the Ural mountains, &c. referred 
to, 338, 353 passim. 
— , his examination of the rocks of the Ural 
mountains, 360, 367, 369,370,376,379, 395,398 et passim. 
, his account of the minerals associated with gold ores 
referred to, 477 et seq. 
Rosvadi in Poland, fossil plants found at, 242. 
Rothc-todte-liegende not a member of the carboniferous group, 
198. 
is included in the Permian system, 140. 
Rouiller, Professor, his discovery of microscopic fossils of the 
siliceous grits of Moscow, 241. 
Rumenishni-uos (Tinian range), granite and argillaceous schists 
of, 413. 
Rnprecht, M., on limestones and schists on the shores of the 
glacial sea, 73, 413. 
RosselJ, Mr. Scott, his experiments on waves of translation, 533. 
Russia, its true geological structure not previously developed, 
Preface, vi. 
, course taken by the authors in examining, Preface, vii. 
et seq. 
, palaeozoic succession in, 7* to 228. 
, Jurassic rocks of, 8, and 229 to 258. 
, cretaceous system of, 8, and 259 to 280. 
, tertiary deposits of, 8*, arid 28 1 to 333. 
, general account of the physical features and drainage of, 
20. 
, crystalline rocks of the north of, 22. 
. intrusive rocks and metamorphosed palaeozoic strata of, 
22*. 
, transverse dislocations along the northern paheozoic 
frontier. 23*. 
, Silurian rocks of St. Petersburg and the Baltic pro- 
vinces of, 25. 
, subdivisions of the Silurian system in, 26 et seq. 
dip, undulations aud dislocations of the Silurian strata 
of, 30*. 
. junction of lower Silurian with Devonian strata in, 32. 
, lower Silurian rocks of Estlinnia in, 33*. 
■ , upper Silurian deposits of, 35. 
, Silurian fossils of, 36. 
, general range of the Silurian rocks in, 38*. 
, Devonian or old red sandstone system of, 41 et seq. 
, northern Devonian zone of, 41. 
, Devonian rocks in Couriand, Livonia, &c. in, 50. 
, central region of Devonian rocks, or geological axis of, 
53. 
, Devonian rocks of the Don in, 60. 
, general view of the organic remains of the Devonian 
rocks of, 62. 
, carboniferous system of, 69 et seq. 
, divisions of the carboniferous system of, and account of 
the lower division, 70. 
, great central basin of the carboniferous system of, 7 7. 
■ , white Moscow limestone of the carboniferous period iu, 
80. 
, upper division of the carboniferous rocks of Fusulina 
limestone, 85. 
, carboniferous region between the Dnieper and the Don 
in, 89 et seq. 
, axis of the south granitic and crystalline rocks of the 
district between the Dnieper and the Don in, 90. 
, relation of the anthracite to the bituminous coal in, 100. 
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