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Geology, Vol. 1 [of 3]

INDEX.

Reading edition

VOLUME I.

Abbot, M. L. (and Humphreys, A. A.), 106, 202

Abrasion,

by ice, 281

by streams, 119

by waves, 342

by wind, 38

Abysmal fauna, 671

Abysmal sea, 326

Accretion hypothesis,

internal temperature on, 564, 567

recombination of material on, 568

Actinolite, 447, 460

Adams, F. D., 474

Adjustment of streams,

structural, 146, 150

topographic, 162, 163, 197

Adobe, 467

Agassiz, 366, 604

Agassiz, L., 321, 322, 323, 366

Agate, 460

Agate structure, 436

Agglomerate, 434, 467

Aggradation,

by ice, 298

by streams, 2, 177

by wind, 25

in sea, 333, 355

Aggrading streams, characteristics, 179, 187

Airy, Sir G., 341

Alabaster, 460

Albite, 400, 460

Alferric rocks, 454

Algæ,

geologic contribution of, 653

influence on precipitation, 225

Alkalicalcic rocks, 458

Alluvial cone, 181–3

growth, 181

levees, 182

Alluvial deposits, 177–96

Alluvial fans, 181–3

Alluvial plains, 181, 184–96

material of, 196

origin of, 184, 185

piedmont, 183

topography of, 196

Alluviation, 181, 196, 467

ill-defined, 183

Alpine glaciers, 251

Alps,

crustal shortening involved in formation of, 549, 576

structure, 504, 507

Amber, 646

Amethyst, 460

Amphibole, 460

Amphiboles, 400

Amygdaloid, 411, 467

Analcite, 460

Analyses,

American river-waters, 107

American spring-waters, 235

rain-waters, 107

river-waters, 106, 107, 108

sea-water, 324

waters of enclosed lakes, 392

Anamorphism, 446

Andalusite, 460

Andes, snow-line in, 246

Andesine, 400, 460

Andesite, 467

Angiosperms, 657

Anhydrite, 460

Animal kingdom,

geologic contribution of, 658–63

synopsis of, 659

Anorthite, 460

Anorthosite, 467

Antarctica, snow-line in, 246

Antecedent streams, 169, 173

Anthracite, 426, 460

Anticlinal valleys, 159

Anticline, 504

plunging, 155, 157, 506

Anticlinoria, 504

Antimony, 460

Apatite, 460

Aphanite, 451, 452, 467

Aplite, 415

Appalachian Riser, 173

Appalachians,

crustal shortening due to folding, 549

extent of piracy in, 169

peculiarities of drainage, 169

rejuvenation of streams in, 165

stream adjustment in, 147

Aqueous rocks, 467

Aragonite, 460

Archean complex, 18

Arch of earth’s crust, strength of, 582

Archeozoic era, 19

Arenaceous rocks, 468

Arid regions, erosion in, 131

Argillite, 448, 468

Arkose, 422, 468, 645

Artesian wells, 242

Arthropoda, geologic contribution of, 662

Asiderites, 5

Asphaltum, 460

Asteroids, 661

Astronomic geology, 1, 2

Atlantic coastal plain, 587

Atmosphere, 5

affected by life, 639, 640

carbonation by, 43

chemical work of, 41–43

evaporation and precipitation, 50

fluctuations in composition, 639–44

geologic activity of, 6, 21–43

mass and extent, 6

mechanical work of, 21–41

oxidation by, 42

thermal effects of, 7

Atmospheric electricity, 43, 52

Atmospheric precipitation, amount of, 51

Augite, 400, 429, 461

Augitite, 468

Autoclastic rock, 444

Australia, fauna of, 668

Babb, C. C., 107

Bad-lands, 93, 130

Badger Mountain, 231

Bain, H. F., 67, 474

Barbadoes earth, 661

Barite, 461

Barrier, the, 356

Bars, 181, 357

Barus, Carl, 562, 563

Basalt, 417, 452, 468

Basaltic columns, 417

Base-level, 60, 62, 82, 168

Cretaceous, 169

Kiltatinny, 168

temporary, 84

Basement complex, 18

Batholiths, 500, 592

Bayou, 192

Bayou lakes, 193

Bays, origin of, 331, 332

Beach, the, 355

Beauxite, 461

Beck, R., 474

Becker, G. F., 474

Bergschrund, 258

Bertin, 323

Beryl, 461

Bighorn Mountains, lateral moraines in, 302

Biotite, 400, 461

Bischoff, Gustav, 108

Bismuth, 461

“Bittern,” 377

Bitumen, 461

Bituminous coal, 426, 468

Blake, W. P., 474

Blanford, W. T., 28, 203

Blood rain, 25

Blue mud, 380

Bone beds, 663

Bonneville lake, 360

Bonneville shore, 352

Bottom-set beds, 202

Bowlders, 468

Brachiopods, geologic contributions of, 662

Brahmaputra delta, 203

Branner, J. C., 489

Breakers, 341

force of, 344

Breccia, 423, 434, 468

Britannare, 459

Bronzite, 461

Bryozoans, geologic contributions of, 662

Buckley, E. R., 48, 50, 221

Buhrstone, 468

Burton (and Milne, J.), 636

Buttes, 142

Bysmaliths, 500, 592

Calcareous springs, 235

Calcareous tufa, 390

Calcimiric rocks, 458

Calcite, 461

Calc-sinter, 468

Calumet and Hecla mine, temperature in, 569

Calvin, S., 88, 204, 373, 389

Campbell, M. R., 167, 171, 173

Camphene, 646

Cannel coal, 468

Canoe-shaped valleys, 155

Canyons, 94–100

Colorado, 98, 233

Niagara, 99

Yellowstone, 100

Carbonation, 43, 429

Carbon dioxide,

amount in air, 5, 640

and plant-life, 665

climatic effects of, 643

loss of, 640

supply of, 618, 640

Cascade, 264

Cassiterite, 461

Catlinite, 461

Causes of crustal movement, 551–557

Caverns (see Caves)

Caves, 143, 227–231

deposits in, 228

Mammoth, 227

sea, 350

Wyandotte, 227

Cazin, F. M. F., 474

Cementation,

effected through chemical precipitation, 222, 225, 226

effected through evaporation, 42

Cephalopods, geologic contributions of, 662

Chalcedony, 461

Chalk, 468, 660

Challenger deep, 587, 588

Chalybeate springs, 235

Chamberlin, T. C., 23, 242, 256, 322, 477, 565, 668

Changes of level, 537–551

caused by earthquakes, 536

causes of, 551–557

effect on drainage, 161

sea versus land, 538

Changes of temperature,

conditions affecting, 45

effect on rocks, 44, 49

internal (see Internal temperatures)

Charleston earthquake, 530

Chatter marks, 284

Chemical combination, cause of crustal movement, 556

Chemical deposits, 222–26

in deep sea, 383

in lakes, 391

in shallow sea, 374–378

Chemical work of atmosphere, 41–43

Chemical work of life, 638–46

Chert, 426, 468

Chiastolite, 461

Chimney rocks, 350

Chlorite, 461

Chlorite schist, 468

Chloritic rock, 431

Chromite, 461

Chrysolite, 462

Chrysotile, 462

Cinder-cones, 608

Cinders, 405

Cirques, 286

Clarke, F. W., 396, 573

Classification of rocks, 449

new system of, 451

Clastic rock, 468

Clay, 468

Clay ironstone, 468

Claypole, E. W., 549

Cleavage planes and erosion, 125

development of (see Slate and Schist)

Cliff glacier, 256

Climate, influence on erosion, 127–132

Climatic effects of carbon dioxide, 643

Climatic effects of life, 643

Climatic effects of water vapor, 643

Clinkstone, 468

Clinometer, 501

Coal, 468

Coast-lines 353, 363–6

effect of gradation on, 333, 363

effect of subsidence on, 329, 332

effect of vulcanism on, 332–33

forms of, 329, 333, 363, 364

Coast ranges, crustal, shortening due to folding of, 549

Coasts, natural bridges on, 351

Cobb, C., 36

Cœlenterata, geologic contribution of, 661

Collins, A. L., 474

Colorado, Canyon of, 98, 233

Columbia River, 171

Columnar structure, 498–500

effect on weathering, 153, 154

Common springs, 235

Compression joints, 514

Concave tracts of crust, 585, 586

Concretions, 438, 468, 490

Cones,

cinder, 608

composite, 610

formation of, 608

geyser, 237

lava, 608

spatter, 610

tufa, 611

Configuration of coasts, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 353, 363–6

Conformability, 15

Conglomerate, 423, 434, 468, 487

Continental glaziers, 251

Continental platforms, 11

relief of, 11

Continental segments, size of, 547

Continental shelf, 11

Continent-forming movements, 544

Contour interval, 31

Contour lines, 31

Convection hypothesis,

internal heat on, 559

thermal distribution on, 559

Cooley, E. G., 195

Coon Butte, 596

Copalite, 646

Coprolites, 646

Coquina, 469

Coral mud, 380

Cornish, V., 26, 28, 29

Corrasion, 110, 113

by glaciers, 281–86

by streams, 119

by waves, 342–49

by wind, 38

effect of sediment on, 120

Corthell, E. L., 202

Cosmopolitan faunas, 668

Coulter, J. M., 667

Coves, 143

Cowles, H. C., 35, 667

Credner, H., 35, 538

Creep, 231

Cretaceous base-level, 169

Crevasses, 264

Crinoids, 661

Croll, James, 322, 323, 339

Crosby, W. O., 513

Cross-bedding, 373, 487

Cross-currents, in streams, 117

Cross, Whitman, 412, 451, 535, 573

Croton River, material in solution in, 108

Crustal movements, 526–589

causes of, 551–57

differential extent of, 548

due to chemical changes, 556

due to cohesion and crystallization, 554

due to diffusion, 555

earthquake, 527–33

minute and rapid, 526

periodicity of, 517, 539

resistance to, 557

slow and massive, 537–59

Crustal shortening, 548–51

Crust of earth, 13

depth of, 14

varieties of rock in, 14

Crystalline rocks, types of, 16

Crystallites, 407

Crystallization of lava, 401–2

stages of, 403

Crystals, enlargement of, 435

Cut-and-fill, 190, 193

Cut-off, 191

Cycle of erosion,

its stages, 80

definition of, 82

recognition of, 164

Cystoids, 661

Dacite, 469

Dale, T. N., 505

Daly, R. A., 631

Dana, J. D., 203, 340, 349, 511, 543, 604, 636

Daniell, A., 572, 573

Danube River,

delta of, 202

material in solution in, 108

sediment carried by, 107

Darton, N. H., 41, 50, 53, 94, 135, 154, 494, 570

Darwin, C., 604, 636, 665

Darwin, G. H., 534, 561, 576, 579, 583, 604

Daubree, G. A., 626

Davis, B. M., 225

Davis, W. M., 83, 159, 164, 170, 188, 202, 204 210 349,

and Shaler, N. S., 256

Davis, C. A., 655

Davison, C., 527, 538, 561

DeBeaumont, Eli, 323

Decarbonation, 429, 430

DeCharpentier, J., 321, 322, 323

Deeley, R. M., 322

Deep-sea deposits, 368, 378–86

chemical, 383–86

extra-terrestrial, 381

inorganic, 380

manganiferous, 384

organic, 382

Deep-sea fauna, 670

Deposition,

by glaciers, 298–305

by streams, 177–204

by shore currents, 355

by undertow, 355

by waves, 355–63

by wind, 25–37

Deformation of earth’s crust, 526–89

causes of, 551–57, 574–89

relation to distribution of volcanoes, 601, 604, 627, 629

Deformation of ice, 312

Degradation, 2

by water, 58–177

rate of, 105

De Launay, L. C., 474

Delesse, A., 221, 341

Delessite, 462

Dells of the Wisconsin, 152

Delta lakes, 204

Deltas, 181, 198–204

bottom set beds, 202

development, 199

fore-set beds, 202

fossil, 203

in tidal seas, 202

of the Ganges and Brahmaputra, 202

of the Hoang-Ho, 202, 203

of the Mackenzie, 202

of the Mississippi, 197, 202

of the Nile, 202

of the Po, 202

of the Rhone, 203

of the Yukon, 202

rate of growth, 202

shape, 201

structure, 198, 199

top-set beds, 202

Densities within the earth, on Laplace’s law, 564

Denudation and volcanic action, 627

Deoxidation, 427

Deposition of mineral matter from solution, 50, 225, 428

at surface, 50, 224

by ground-water, 224, 428

in lakes, 387

in sea, 375, 383

Deposition of sediment, 66

by rivers, 177–204

by wind, 25–38

in ocean, 355–63, 368–86

Deposition of drift, at edge of glaciers, 299

at end glaciers 299

beneath ice, 298

Deposits,

deep-sea, 368, 378–86

hot springs, 237, 241

lacustrine, 387

littoral, 369

made by animals, 658–63

made by Arthropoda, 662

made by Bryophytes, 656

made by Echinodermata, 661

made by ice, 298–305

made by Mollusca, 662

made by Molluscoidea, 662

made by Protozoa, 660

made by Pteridophytes, 657

made by plant kingdom, 652–58

made by rivers, 177–204

made by Spermatophytes, 657

made by Thallophytes, 653

made by Vermes, 662

made by Vertebrata, 663

made by wind, 25–38

shallow-water, 369–78

silicious, 237, 241, 425

tufa, 237, 241, 473, 611, 653

Depression and volcanic action, 629

Depth of the ocean, 7

greatest, 8, 548

Diabases, 418, 431, 469

Diallage, 400, 462

Diastrophism, 2, 329, 526

effect on coast lines, 329

Diatom ooze, 380, 382, 425, 469

Diffusion,

in earth’s interior, 555

cause of crustal movement, 555

Dikes, 591

effect on topography, 143

sandstone, 514

Diller, J. S., 29, 514

Diorites, 416, 452, 469

Dip, 501

quaquaversal, 504

Dip-fault, 522

DiRossi, M. S., 537

Displacement of fault, 514

Disruption of rock, due to changes of temperature, 44, 49

by carbonation, 43

by hydration, 111

Distributive fault, 519

Divides, permanence of, 69

Docalcic rocks, 458

Dodge, R. E., 204

Dofemane, 455

Dofemic rocks, 454

Doferrous rocks, 459

Dohemic rocks, 457

Dolenic rocks, 456

Dolerites, 417, 452, 469

Dolomites, 424, 469

Domagnesic rocks, 459

Domalkalic rocks, 458

Domes of crust, strength of, 581, 582

Domilic rocks, 582

Domiric rocks, 458

Domirlic rocks, 458

Domitic rocks, 457

Dopolic rocks, 456

Dopotassic rocks, 458

Dopyric rocks, 457

Doquaric rocks, 456

Dosalic rocks, 454

Dosodic rocks, 458

Dotilic rocks, 457

Drainage,

effect of change of level on, 161

mature, 86

of glaciers, 273

old age, 89

youthful, 86

Dreikanter, 40

Drift, 287, 469

composition of, 304

deposition of, 298–305

wear of, in transit, 298

Drygalski, E. von, 322

Dump moraine, 301

Dune areas, topography of, 32

Dunes, 24–37

distribution of, 35

effect of vegetation on, 29

formation of, 26

migration of, 33

shapes of, 26

slopes of, 29

Dust,

volcanic, 22, 23

wind-blown, 22

Dust-wells, 269, 280

Dutton, C. E., 132, 534, 574, 636

Dynamic geology, 1

Earth, the,

as a planet, 2

constitution, 5

crust, 13

deformation of, 526

dependence on sun, 4

distance from sun, 3

inclination of axis, 3

interior of, 14, 559

internal heat, 559–74

motions, 3

orbit, 3

tremors of surface, 526

warpings of crust, 526–89

Earthquakes, 527–537

causes of, 527

destruction of life by, 536

distribution of, 533

destructive effects of, 530

epicentra of, 531

foci of, 527

gaseous emanations during, 533

geologic effects of, 534–537

Earthquake vibrations, 526

amplitude of, 529

Charleston, 534

Lisbon, 535

sequences of, 533

Earth’s crust,

composition of, 14, 396

warpings of, 538–551

Eastman, C. R., 658

Echinodermata, geologic contributions of, 661

Echinoids, geologic contributions of, 661

Economic geology, 1

Efflorescence, 42

Elæolite, 462

Electricity,

atmospheric, 43

chemical effects of, 43

geological effects of, 43, 52

Ells, R., 443

Emmons, S. F., 474

Emmons, W. H., 474, 573, 585

Englacial drift, 282

Enlargement of crystals, by secondary growth, 435

Enstatite, 400, 462

Eolian rocks, 469

Epeirogenic movements, 537

Epicontinental seas, 11, 326

Epidote, 431, 462

Equisetæ, geologic contribution of, 657

Eras, 17–19

Erosion,

affected by rotation, 194

analysis of, 110

base-level of, 60

by glaciers, 281–286

by rain, 57

by rivers, 56–177

by undertow, 342, 346

by waves, 342–349

by wind, 38

conditions affecting rate of, by glaciers, 283

conditions affecting rate of, by running water, 123

cycle of, 80, 82, 164

in arid regions, 131

influenced by climate, 127, 128, 129

influenced by composition of rock, 124

influenced by declivity, 123

influenced by structure, 124, 126

influenced by vegetation, 129, 644

sheet, 59

subaërial, 58

Erosion and cleavage planes, 125

Erosion and joints, 125

Erosion by streams (see Erosion by running water)

Eruptions, 591

fissure, 593

volcanic, 594

Eskers, 306

Etna, 605, 610

discharge of stream from, 636

Evaporation, 50

Everett, 578

Evolution restrictive and expansional, 672

Exfoliation, 44

Expansional evolution, 672

Expansion and contraction,

due to temperature, 44

due to wetting and drying, 52

Extinct lakes, 388

Extrusive processes, 590–637

Falb, R., 537

False bedding, 487

Faulting and vulcanism, 627

Faults,

conditions of, 521

dip, 522

displacement, 514

distributive, 519

effect on outcrops, 522

hade, 514

heave of, 514

normal, 517

oblique, 525

relation to folds, 515

reversed, 517, 521

stratigraphic throw, 518

significance of, 521

strike, 522

thrust, 517, 518

Fault scarp, 514

Faunas,

abysmal, 670

Australian, 668

cosmopolitan, 668

deep-sea, 670

pelagic, 670

photobathic, 670

Faunas and floras,

basis of, 663

effect of geographic conditions on evolution of, 668

Feldspar, 462

Feldspar-leucophyres, 453

Feldspar-melaphyres, 453

Feldspathic minerals, 400

Feldspathoids, 400

Felsites, 452, 469

Fenneman, N. M., 339

Ferguson, A. M., 203

Ferns, geologic contribution of, 657

Fiords, 290

Fisher, O., 561, 565, 574, 581

Fissure eruptions, 593

Fletcher, G. (and Deeley, R. M.), 322

Flints, 426, 469

Floods, 109

of the Mississippi, 188

Flood-plain meanders, 190

Flood-plains, 184–98

development of, 165

materials of, 196

Mississippi, 194

relation to terraces, 205

topography, 196

Floras and faunas,

basis of, 663

effect of geographic conditions on, 668

Flowering plants, geologic contributions of, 657

Flowing wells, 234, 242

Flow structure of lavas, 410

Fluorite, 462

Fluvio-glacial work, 305–7

Folded ranges, distribution of, 543

Folding and vulcanism, 628

Folds,

anticlinal, 504, 505

effect on valleys, 154

isoclinal, 504

synclinal, 504

Folds and faults, 515

Foliation of ice, 272

Foliation of rocks, 443

Foraminifera, geologic contribution of, 660

Forbes, J. D., 256, 322

Forel, F. A., 323, 386

Fore-set beds, 202

Formation, 487

Forster, W. G., 536

“Fossil” deltas, 203

Fossils, 16, 646

a means of correlation, 647

Fossils and stratigraphy, 647

Fouqué, F., 635, 636

Fracture, zone of, 219

Frank, A. B., 642

Freestone, 469

French Broad River, the, 168

Fulgurites, 52, 469

Fungi, geologic contribution of, 653

Gabbroids, 453

Gabbros, 416, 452, 469

Galenite, 441

Ganges River, delta of, 203

Gangue, 469

Gannister, 469

Garnet, 462

Garnetite, 469

Gaseous emanations,

during earthquakes, 533

from volcanoes, 617

Gases in volcanic rocks, 619

Gases, volcanic, 617–623

amount of, 620

kinds of, 618, 619

proportions of, 620, 622

sources of, 621

Gastropods, geologic contributions of, 662

Geantcline, 505

Geest, 469

Geikie, A., 203, 224, 344, 534–536, 636

Geodes, 436, 497

Geognosy, 1, 5, 393–485

Geologic effects of earthquakes, 534

Geologic functions of life, 638

Geologic processes, man’s influence on, 649

Geologic time divisions, 19

Geology,

astronomic, 1, 2

atmospheric, 2

cosmic, 1

dominant processes of, 2

dynamic, 1

economic, 1

geotectonic, 1, 486

glacial, 2

historical, 1

mining, 1

paleontologic, 1

philosophic, 1

physiographic, 1

scope of, 1

structural, 1, 486

subdivisions of, 1

George, R. D., 545

Geosyncline, 505

Geotectonic geology, 1, 486–525

Gerber, E., 195

Gerland, 538

Geschiebe wall, 300

Geyserite, 463, 469

Geysers, 236

deposits of, 237

of Yellowstone Park, 239

period of eruption, 240

positions of, 241

Gilbert, G. K., 11, 110, 140, 194, 198, 203, 339, 355, 388, 489, 596

Glacial débris,

how carried, 290

nature of, 286

shifting position in transit, 292, 293, 294, 296, 297

Glacial deposits, nature of, 304

Glacial erosion,

conditions influencing, 283

topographic effects of, 287

Glacial motion, 313–321

auxiliary elements of, 317

fundamental element of, 313

Glacial plucking, 282

Glaciated rock surfaces, 304

Glacier ice,

beginning of movement, 248

definition of, 250

granular texture of, 247

shearing of, 317

Glacier movement, 259, 313–323

at low temperature, 279

effect of water on, 318

rates, 260, 261

views of, 321

Glaciers,

alpine, 254

cliff, 256

compared with rivers, 262

conditions influencing movement, 261

constitution, 308

continental, 251

crevasses, 264

deformation, 312

drainage of, 273, 280

foliation, 247, 272

evaporation, 279

general phenomena, 256

getting load, 282

growth of, 308

growth of granules, 310, 311

high-latitude, 254

limits of, 258

motion in terminal part, 316

movements of, 259, 279, 313–323

piedmont, 254

polar, 254

rate of movement of, 260, 261

reconstructed, 256

stratification of, 247

structure of, 308

surface features of, 266

temperature of, 273–279

thickening of layers at end, 297

topography of, 266

types of, 251

upturning of ice at ends and edges, 296, 297, 298

valley, 254

waste of, 273

work of, 244, 281

Glacio-fluvial work, 305–308

Glass, volcanic, 451

Glassy rocks, 406

Glauconite, 384, 386, 463

Globigerina ooze, 380, 382, 660

Globulites, 407, 469

Gneiss, 415, 446, 448, 469

Gooch, F. A. (and Whitfield, J. E.), 236

Gorge, 100

Grad, Ch., 322

Gradation, 2

by running water, 56–212

effect on coast-lines, 334

in ocean, 334

Grade, 61

Graded plain, 82, 169

Graded valley, 83

Granitell, 470

Granites, 413, 452, 469

Granitite, 470

Granitoids, 420, 453

Granulite, 470

Graphite, 426, 463

Gravitational energy, 552

Gravitational force, 552, 553

Gravity,

a cause of crustal movements, 552

effect on erosion, 113

Gray, T. (and Milne, J.), 578

Greenland,

glaciers of, 246

snow-fields of, 245

snow-line in, 246

Green mud, 380

Greensand, 470

Greensand marl, 386

Greenstone, 419, 470

Greisen, 415, 470

Greywacke, 470

Ground ice, 119

Ground moraine, 301

Ground-water, 213–243

affects internal heat, 570

amount of, 221

descent of, 213

fate of, 221

lower limit of, 216

movement of, 220

results of, 226

solution by, 222, 223

work of, 222

Ground-water and vulcanism, 635

Ground-water level, 71, 215

Ground-water surface, 71, 215

Guano, 646

Gulf stream, 366

Gullies, growth of, 63

Gymnosperms, geologic contributions of, 657

Gypsum, deposition of, 376, 377

Hade of faults, 514

Hall, Jas., 511

Halleflinta, 470

Halophytes, geologic contributions of, 667

Hanging valley, 164, 290

Haüynite, 463

Hayes, W., 173

Hayes, W. (and Campbell, M. R.), 171

Head erosion, 64

Heat, by compression of ice, 311

causes crustal movement, 557

causes of, in ice, 278, 279

distribution of, within earth, 559

distribution, original, 559

internal, of earth, 559–570

metamorphism by, 446, 448

original distribution of, 559

Heave of faults, 514

Heilprin, A., 636

Heim, A., 256, 322, 549, 576

Hematite, 425, 447, 463

High-latitude glaciers, 254

Himalayas, snow-line in, 246

Historical geology, 1

Hoang-Ho delta, 202, 203

Hog-backs, 142

Holden, E. S., 538

Holmes, W. H., 99

Holocrystalline rock, 412

Holosiderites, 5

Hook (along shore), 363

Hopkins, W., 322

Horizontal configuration of coasts, due to deposition, 363, 364

due to wave erosion, 353

Hornblende, 400, 463

Hornblende-granite, 415

Hornblendite, 417, 452, 470

Hornstone, 470

Horsetails (see Equisetæ)

Hoskins, L. M., 219, 552, 581

Hot springs, deposits of, 225

Howell, Capt., 171

Hudson River, material in solution in, 108

Hugi, F. J., 321

Hull, E., 636

Humphreys, A. A. (and Abbot, M. L.), 106, 202

Huxley, T. H., 322

Hyalite, 463

Hydration, 43, 222

disruption of rock by, 111

Hydrophytes, geologic contributions of, 667

Hydrosphere, the, 7 (see also Ground-water and Ocean)

geologic activity of, 8

horizons of activity, 9

Hypersthene, 400, 463

Hypogene rocks, 470

Ice, glacial (see Glaciers)

ground, 119

of lakes, 389

of rivers, 118

Icebergs, 307

Ice-caps, 249, 250

Ice crystals, arrangement in glacier ice, 311

Ice-fall, 264

Iceland spar, 463

Iddings, J. P., 412, 451, 573, 614, 636

Igneous rocks, 16

composition of, 395

leading minerals of, 399

origin of, 393

relations to stratified rocks, 16

structural features of, 498

Ilmenite, 463

Incrustation, 223

Infusorial earth, 470

Inorganic deposits, in deep sea, 380

Interior of earth, 14 (see Vulcanism)

densities, based on Laplace’s law, 564

heat of, 562, 564

pressures, 564

Intermittent springs, 235

Internal heat (see Internal temperature)

Internal temperature, 562

affected by ground-water, 570

at centre of earth, 571

on accretion hypothesis, 564, 567

on convection hypothesis, 559

on Laplacian hypothesis, 559

Intrusions, 591

Iron-ore beds, origin, 425

Iron oxide, 400

Iron pyrites, 463

Ironstone, 425, 470

Irruptions, 591

Isoclinal folds, 504

Isoseismals, 532

Itacolumite, 470

Italy, lateral moraines in, 303

Jasper, 470

Jefferson, M. W., 193

Johnson, S. W., 109, 190, 665

Johnston-Lavis, H. J., 636

Joints, 510

causes of, 511, 531

compression, 514

effect on valleys, 150

Joints, tension, 514

Joints and erosion, 125

Judd, J. W., 636

Kaaterskill Creek, piracy of, 105

Kames, 307

serpentine, 306

Kansas, volcanic dust in, 23

Kanawha River, 168

Kaolin, 463

Katamorphism, 446

Keith, A., 442, 444

Kelvin, Lord, 560, 583

Keratophyre, 470

Kersantite, 470

Keyes, C. R., 474

Kidd, D. A., 313

Kilauea, 605

King, C., 560

King, F. H., 220

Kittatinny base-level, 168

Kotö, Dr., 534

Krakatoa, 22, 610, 611, 618

Kümmel, H. B., 203

Labradorite, 400, 429, 464

Laccolith, 500, 592

Lacustrine deposits, 388

Lake ice, 389

Lake Pepin, 179

Lakes, 386–392

bayou, 192, 193

changes taking place in, 387

delta, 204

deposits in, 387

extinct, 388

formed by rivers, 191, 192, 198

ice of, 389

ox-bow, 192, 198

Landslide, 231

topography of, 230

Landslip mountain, 230

Lane, A. C., 557, 636

Lapilli, 470

in sea, 381, 405

Laplace, Marquis de, 564

Laramide range, crustal shortening due to folding, 549

Lateral moraines, 266, 302

in Bighorn Mountains, 303

in Italy, 303

in Uinta Mountains, 303

in Wasatch Mountains, 303

Lateral pressure, metamorphism by, 448

Laterite, 470

Lava cones, 608

Lavas, 612–616

and ground-water, 616

consanguinity and succession of, 614

crystallization of, 402, 403

depth of source of, 616

modes of reaching surface, 631

origin of, 623–631

rhyolitic (flow) structure of, 410

solidification of, 393

temperatures of, 615, 626

Lavas and underground water, 627

LeConte, J., 474, 549

Lendofelic, 456

Lenfelic, 456

Lepidolite, 464

Leucite, 464

Leucophyre, 412, 453

Levees, breaking of, 188

miniature, 182

natural, 188

on alluvial cones, 182

Level of no stress, 561

Life, 638–672

atmospheric effects of, 638–644

chemical work of, 638–646

climatic effects of, 643

effect on rock decomposition, 130, 644

geologic effects of, 639

inorganic rocks due to, 646

influenced by environment, 666

man’s influence on, 650

protection against erosion, 130, 644

Life and carbon dioxide, 640, 642, 643

Lightning, effects of, 52

Lignite, 426, 470

Limburgite, 470

Lime carbonate, deposition of, 375, 376

Limonite, 425

Limestone, 378, 424, 434

origin of, 378, 654, 655

stratification of, 487

Limestone-forming animals, 660–662

plants, 654, 655

Limestone sinks, 227, 231

Lindgren, W., 474

Liparase, 459

Liparite, 470

Lisbon earthquake, 535

Lithosphere, 9–19

crust of, 13

irregularities of, 10

relief of, 11

size and shape of, 9

surface mantle of, 12

Littoral currents, 342

Littoral deposits, 368, 369, 379

Littoral zone, 369

Liverworts, geologic contribution of, 656

Livingstone, D., 49

Load (of streams), 177–179

Loess, 23, 470

Lodge moraine, 301

Loop (along shore), 357, 363

Lunar craters, 598

Lunn, A. C., 552, 565, 566, 567, 572

Lycopods, geologic work of, 657

Lydekker, R. (and Nicholson, A.), 658

Lyell, Sir Charles, 649

Mackenzie River, delta, 202

Magma, nature of, 401

Magnesite, 464

Magnesium salts in sea, 377

Magnetic nodules in sea, 381

Magnetite, 464

Malay peninsula, tin ores of, 478

Malaspina glacier, 254

Mallet, R., 322, 537, 538, 628, 636

Mammoth Cave, 227

Mammoth hot springs, 654

Manganiferous deposits, 384

Mantle rock, 12, 422

Marble, 447, 471

Marcasite, 464

Marine deposits, 355–363, 370–386

chemical, 367, 375, 383

deep-sea, 368, 378–386

extra-terrestrial, 381

littoral, 368, 369

mechanical, 369, 380

organic, 375

shallow-water, 369–378

table of, 380

Marine life, distribution of, 328

Marl, 471 (see also Greensand marl and Shell marl)

formed by plants, 655

green-sand (see Greensand marl)

Martinique, 605

Martite, 464

Mason, W. P., 107

Mass action, 478, 484, 554

Mature drainage, 86

Mature streams, characteristics of, 86

Mauna Loa, 605, 606, 624

McConnell, J. C., 313, 322, 323, 549

McGee, W. J., 59, 524

Meander belt, relation to width of stream, 193

Meanders, flood-plain, 190

intrenched, 164

of the Meuse, 164

of the Moselle, 164

of the Seine, 164

Mean sphere level, 548

Medial moraine, 266, 297

Medlicott, H. B., 203

Medicinal springs, 235

Melaphyres, 412, 431, 453, 471

Menaccanite, 464

Mendelejeff, D. (and Moissan, H.), 646

Mental element, material effects of, 649

Merrill, G. P., 35, 111, 221

Mesas, 142

Mesophytes, 667

Meta-diabase, 471

Meta-igneous rock, 471

Metamorphic rocks, 17

Metamorphism, 427, 433, 440, 449

by heat, 446

by lateral pressure, 448

deep-seated, 449

Meteorites, 4

number of, 381

Meuse, meanders of, 164

Mica, 400, 464

Mica schists, 448

Microcline, 400, 464

Microlites, 407, 471

Microgranite, 471

Migration of dunes, 33

Millstone, 471

Milne, J., 533, 537, 538, 583

(and Gray, T.), 578

(and Burton), 636

Mineral matter in sea, 324–326

amount of, 325

Minerals, felspathic, 400, 462

ferromagnesian, 400, 460

formation of, 397, 612

of igneous rocks, 399

list of, 460–467

Mineral springs, 235

Minette, 415, 471

Mining geology, 1

Minnehaha Falls, 137

Mirlic rocks, 458

Mississippi River, delta, 197, 202

depth of channel, 171

flood-plain, 194

floods of, 188

levees of, 188

material in solution in, 108

sediment carried by, 106

Mississippi flood-plain, 194

lakes of, 192

Missouri River, scour-and-fill of, 195

Mitic rocks, 456

Moissan, H., 646

Mollusca, geologic contribution of, 662

Molluscoidea, geologic contribution of, 662

Molten interior, lava from, 624

Molten magmas, nature of, 401

Molten reservoirs, lavas from, 624

Monadnocks, 145

Monoclinal shifting, 127

Monocline, 504

Monzonite, 471

Moon, 3, 598

Moraines, dump, 301

ground, 302

lateral, 266, 302

lodge, 301

medial, 266, 297

molluscan shells in, 297

push, 301

surface, 266

terminal, 266, 301

types, 301

Moselle River, intrenchment meanders, 164

Moseley, H., 322

Mosses, geologic contributions of, 656

Moulton, F. R., 565

Mountain-forming movements, 542

Mountains, serration of, 48, 50

Mount Erebus, 603

Mount Hecla, 603

Mount Shasta, 611

Mount Terror, 603

Movements of glaciers, 259, 261, 279, 313–323

Movements of sea-water, 334–342

causes of, 334–339

Movements of the earth’s body, 526–589

causes of, 551–557

continent-forming, 544

distribution in time, 545

epeirogenic, 537

folding movements, 545

minute and rapid, 526

mountain-forming, 542

orogenic, 537

periodic, 542

plateau-forming, 543

relation of vertical and horizontal, 545

slow and massive, 537

Mud-cracks, 489

Mud-flows, volcanic, 610

Mud-rain, 25

Mudstone, 471

Mügge, O., 313, 322, 323

Muir glacier, 259

Murray, Sir John, 11, 215, 325, 326, 369, 604, 655

Muscovite, 400, 464

Narrows, 141

Natural bridges, 153, 231

of Virginia, 156

on coasts, 351

Natural gases, 646

Natural levees (see Levees)

Natural oils, 646

Nebraska, volcanic dust in, 23

Nephelinite, 471

Nephelite, 400, 464

Nevadite, 471

Névé, 246

New River, 168

Newsom, J. F., 514

Niagara Falls, 139

recession of, 139

Niagara River, 120

Nicholson, A. (and Lydekker, R.), 658

Nile River, delta of, 202

material in solution in, 108

sediment carried by, 107

Nitrogen and life, 642

Nodules, 471

Nomenclature of rocks, 449

new system of, 451

Norite, 471

Normal faults, 517

North America, average elevation of, 106

Nosite, 465

Novaculite, 471

Nummulites, 661

Oblique fault, 525

Obsidian, 407, 453, 471

Ocean basins, 11

areas of, 7

connection of, 8

deposits on, 368–386

relief of bottom, 11

topography of, 326

Ocean basin segments, size of, 547

Oceanic deposits, chemical, 375

deep-sea, 368, 378–386

organic, 375, 382

shallow water, 369–378

Ocean, the, 7, 324–392

changes in, 329

composition of, 324

diastrophism in, 329

gradation in, 333

salts of, 324

volume of, 8

vulcanism in, 332

work of, 324–392

Offset with gap, 525

Offset with overlap, 525

Oldham, R. D., 534, 535

Oligoclase, 400, 465

Olivine, 400, 465

Omeose, 459

Omphacite, 465

Onyx, 471

Oolite, 435, 471, 496

Ooze, 471

Opal, 465

Ore deposits (see Ores)

O’Reilly, J. P., 538

Ore regions, origin of, 477

Ores, 428, 474–485

concentration by reprecipitation, 479

concentration by solution, 479

concentration by surface leaching, 478

“flaxseed,” 497

influence of rock walls on deposition, 484

magmatic segregation, 475

marine segregation, 476

original distribution, 475

purification by leaching, 478

residual concentration, 478

Organic processes, 638

Organic residue, 640, 641

Organic rocks, 449, 646

Original heat distribution, 559–568

Origin and descent of rocks, 393–484

Orogenic movements, 537

Orthoclase, 400, 465

Orthophyre, 471

Osars, 306

Outcrops, effects of faults on, 522

Outwash plain, 306

Overloading of streams, 177, 178, 186

Overthrust, 518

Oxbow lakes, 192, 198

Oxidation, 42, 427

Ozocerite, 465, 646

Paleontologic geology, 1

Paleontology, 1

Paraffine, 646

Peastone, 472

Peat, 406, 472

Pegmatite, 472

Pelagic deposits, 379–386

organic constituents of, 382

Pelagic fauna, 670

Pelecypods, shells of, 662

Pele’s, 618

“Pele’s hair,” 404

Pelites, 472

Peneplain, 81, 169

Penrose, R. A. F., Jr., 478

Peralkalic rocks, 458

Percaleic rocks, 458, 459

Perfemane, 455

Perfemic rocks, 454

Perfelic rocks, 456

Perferrous rocks, 459

Peridotites, 416, 453

Perlenic rocks, 456

Perlite, 408, 453, 472

Permiric rocks, 458

Permirlic rocks, 458

Permitic rocks, 457

Perolic rocks, 457

Perpolic rocks, 456

Perpotassic rocks, 458

Perpyric rocks, 457

Perquaric rocks, 456

Perrey, A., 537

Perrine, 538

Persalane, 455, 459

Persalic rocks, 454

Persodic rocks, 458

Pertilic rocks, 457

Petrifaction, 223

“Petrified turtles,” 496

Petroleum, 465

Petrology, 1, 393–485

Petrosilex, 472

Pfaff, F., 537

Phanerites, 451

Phanerocrystalline rocks, 412

Phenocrysts, 412

Philosophic geology, 1

Phonolite, 472

Photobathic fauna, 670

Photobathic zone, 670

Phyllite, 472

Physiographic geology, 1

Picrolite, 465

Pictotite, 465

Piedmontite, 465

Piedmont glacier, 254

Piedmont plain, alluvial, 183

Piracy, 160

domestic, 104

extent of, in Appalachians, 170

foreign, 104

of Kaaterskill Creek, 105

of Plaaterskill Creek, 105

Pirsson, Louis V., 412 451, 573

Pisolite, 465, 496

Pitchstones, 408, 453, 472

Plagioclase, 465

Plain, alluvial, 181, 184

graded, 169

outwash, 306

Planation, 82

Plant kingdom, geologic contributions of, 652–658

Plant life and carbon dioxide, 665

Plant societies, 667

Plants, contributions to deposits, 652–658

contribution to limestone, 654

effect on erosion, 131, 644

reference table of, 653

weathering influenced by, 112

Platte River, 187

Plaaterskill Creek, piracy of, 105

Plugs, volcanic, 591

Plumbago, 465

Plunging anticline, 155

Plutonic rocks, 472

Polar glaciers, 254

Poincaré, H., 576

Polic rocks, 456

Polmitic rocks, 457

Ponding of streams, 171

Po River, delta of, 202

sediment carried by, 107

Porphyries, 453

Porphyrite, 472

Porphyritic rocks, 411

Porphyry, 472

Posepny, F., 474

Potash, in sea-water, 377

Pot holes, 140

Potomac River, 168

sediment carried by, 107

Potonié, H., 652

Powell, J. W., 519, 521

Precipitation, 50

from atmosphere, 51

from solution, 41, 225, 239, 375–379

Precipitation from solution, conditions influencing, 225

influenced by algæ, 225

Pressures within earth, based on Laplace’s law, 564

Prestwich, J., 203, 225

Propylite, 472

Protogine, 472

Protozoa, geologic contribution of, 660

Provincial faunas, 668

Pseudomorphs, 465

Psilomelane, 465

Psychological factors 651

Pteridophytes, geologic contribution of, 657

Pteropod ooze, 380, 382

“Pulpit rocks,” 350

Pumice, 406, 453, 472

Push moraine, 301

Puzzalana, 405

Pyrite, 465

Pyroclastic rocks, 404, 406, 472

Pyrolic rocks, 457

Pyroxene, 400, 465

Pyroxenite, 417, 452, 472

Quaquaversal dip, 504

Quardofelic rocks, 456

Quarfelic rocks, 456

Quartz, 466

Quartzite, 447, 472

Quartz-leucophyres, 453

Quartzophyres, 453

Quartz-porphyries, 453

Radiolarian ooze, 380, 382, 425, 661

Rain, amount of, 51

erosion by, 57

mechanical work of, 51

Rain-drop impressions, 490

Rainfall, effect on erosion, 128

Ransome, F. L., 130, 513

Rapids, development of, 133, 146

Rate of erosion, conditions affecting, 123

Ravine, 64

Raymond, R. W., 474

Reade, T. M., 225, 366, 561, 572

Reconstructed glacier, 256

Red clay, 380, 383, 384

Red mud, 380

Red River of Louisiana, 188

Reid, H. F., 256, 259, 261

Regolith, 400, 472

Rejuvenation of streams, 162–163

criteria of, 164, 165, 166

Relief, of lithosphere, 11

of ocean basins, 11

representation on maps, 30

Relief of pressure, a cause of volcanic action, 627

Rendu, L. C., 321, 322

Restrictive evolution, 672

Reversed fault, 517, 521

Reyer, E., 636

Rhine River, material in solution in, 108

Rhizopoda, geologic contributions of, 660

Rhone River, delta of, 203

material in solution in, 108

sediment carried by, 107

Rhyolite, 472

Rhyolitic structure, of lavas, 41

Ricard, T. A., 474

Richthofen, Baron von, 23, 604, 614, 615

Rigidity, distribution of, 578

Rill-marks, 372, 489

Rink, H., 248

Ripple-marks, 371, 489

due to wind, 37

Rio Grande River, sediment of, 107

River lakes, 198

River erosion (see Stream erosion)

Roanoke River, 168

Roches Moutonnées, 304

Rock breaking, by changes of temperature, 44, 49

Rocks, alferric, 454

alkalicalcic, 458

alkalimirlic, 458

alterations of, 426

aqueous, 467

arenaceous, 468

autoclastic, 444

calcimiric, 458

“chimney,” 350

chloritic, 431

classification and nomenclature, 449

clastic, 468

crystalline, 16

determination of age, 15

disruption by hydration, 111

docalcic, 458

dofemic, 454

doferrous, 459

dohemic, 457

dolenic, 456

domagnesic, 459

domalkalic, 458

domilic, 457

domiric, 458

domirlic, 458

domitic, 457

dopolic, 456

dopotassic, 458

dopyric, 457

doquaric, 456

dosalic, 454

dosodic, 458

dotilic, 457

eolian, 469

femic, 454

glassy, 406

holocrystalline, 412

hypogene, 470

igneous, 16, 393, 498

leading elements of, 396

lendofelic, 456

lenfelic, 456

magnesiferrous, 459

meta-igneous, 471

metamorphic, 16

mirlic, 458

mitic, 456

organic, 646

origin and descent of, 393–485

peralkalic, 458

percalcic, 458, 459

perfelic, 456

perfemic, 454

perferrous, 459

perhemic 457

perlenic, 456

permagnesic, 459

permiric, 458

permerlic, 458

permitic, 457

perolic, 457

perpolic, 456

perpotassic, 458

perquaric, 456

persalic, 454

persodic, 458

pertilic, 457

perpyric, 457

phanerocrystalline, 412

plutonic, 472

polic, 456

polmitic, 457

porphyritic, 411

precipitate, 427

“pulpit,” 350

pyroclastic, 404, 406, 472

quardofelic, 456

quarfelic, 456

salfemic, 454

salic, 454

secondary, 420

sedimentary, 422, 486

sodipotassic, 458

solution of, 427

specific heat of, 552

stratified, 14

talcose, 431

tilhemic, 457

Rock terraces, 140, 204

Rock waste, 12

Roots, wedge-work of, 112, 131, 150

Rotation of earth, change in rate of, 575

effect on stream erosion, 194

Rotation and vulcanism, 604

Roth, J., 108

Running water (see Streams)

Run-off, 59

Russell, I. C., 108, 118, 151, 172, 194, 203, 232, 256, 283, 388, 392, 636

Rutile, 466

Saint Vincent, 605

Salfemane, 455

Salfemic rocks, 454

Saline lakes (see Salt lakes)

Saline springs, 235

Salisbury, R. D., 203, 256

Salt lakes, 391

composition of, 372

deposits in, 388

Salts, deposition of, 375–378

in sea-water, 324–326

Sand, eolian, 26–37

Sandstone, 422, 434, 472

stratification of, 487

Sandstone dikes, 514

Sanidine, 466

Sapping, 127, 133

Satinspar, 466

Schist, 446, 472

Schistosity, 443

Schmidt, J. F. J., 537

Schoharie Creek, beheaded, 105

Scoriæ, 405, 473

Scour-and-fill, 194

of Missouri River, 195

Scrope, G. P., 636

Sea-caves, 350

Sea-cliffs, 349

Sea, the (see Ocean)

Sea-water, aperiodic movements of, 338

movements generated by attraction, 337

movements of, 334–342

salts in, 376, 377, 378

Sea-waves, caused by earthquake, 535

Secondary rocks, derivation of, 420

“Second bottoms,” 205

Secretions, 497

Sediment, carried by Danube, 107

carried by Irrawaddy, 107

carried by Mississippi, 107

carried by Nile, 107

carried by Po, 107

carried by Potomac, 107

carried by Rhone, 107

carried by Rio Grande, 107

carried by Uruguay, 107

character of, influenced by land vegetation, 645

deposited by rivers, 65, 177–204

deposited in lakes, 387

deposited in sea, 368–386

effect on corrasion, 120

effect on falls, 137

how carried by streams, 116

Sedimentary rocks, classes of, 422

structural features of, 486

Sedimentation and vulcanism, 629

Seed-plants, 657

Segregation of ores, 475

Seiches, 386

Seine River, intrenched meanders of, 164

Selenite, 466

Septaria, 473, 495

Serpentine, 431, 466, 473

Serpentine kames, 306

Seward, A. C., 652

Shale, 422, 434, 473

stratification of, 487

Shaler, N. S., 227, 349, 357 (and Davis, W. M.), 256

Shallow-water deposits, 368, 369, 379

characteristics of, 373

topography of, 374

Shearing of glacier ice, 317

Sheet erosion, 59

Shell marl, 655

Shore currents, 342

deposition by, 355

Shore deposition and coastal configuration, 363

Shore drift, 355

Shore ice, 389

Shoshone Falls, 135

Siderite, 425, 466

Silicified wood, 439

Silicious deposits, 425

Sills, 446, 592

Sketcherly, S. B., 23

Slate, 473

Slaty structure, 441

Slichter, C. S., 221, 563, 576

Slumps, 231

Smaragdite, 466

Smith, E. A., 543

Snow-fields, 244

distribution of, 244

Snowflakes, forms of, 310

Snow-line, 245

in Andes, 246

in Antarctica, 246

in Greenland, 246

in Himalayas, 246

Snow, work of, 244

Soapstone, 431, 473

Sodipotassic rocks, 458

Solms-Laubach, 652

Solution, by ground-water, 222

by rivers, 108, 122

Solution of rocks, 427

Solvent action, location of, 480

Sorby, H. C., 367

Source of streams, 178

Spatter cones, 609, 610

Specific heat of rock, 552

Spermatophytes, geologic contribution of, 657

Sphenophyllum, 657

Sphericity, a factor in deformation, 580

Spherosiderite, 466

Spinel, 466

Spit, the, 357

Sponges, secretions of, 661

Sporadosiderites, 5

“Spouting horn,” 351

Springs, calcareous, 235

chalybeate, 235

cold, 234

common, 235

deep, 234

intermittent, 235

medicinal, 235

mineral, 235

saline, 235

shallow, 234

sulphur, 235

Stalactite, 437, 473

formation of, 227

Stalagmite 437, 473

St. Anthony Falls, 136

Stapff, F. M. 388

Staurolite, 466

Steam discharge from volcanoes, 635

Steatite, 431, 466, 473

Stevenson, D., 341, 344, 370

Stoping, 632

Stoss side, 299

Strachey, R., 51

Stratification, 486

Stratified rocks, 14

Stratigraphic geology, 1

Stratigraphy and fossils, 647

Stratigraphy and paleontology, 647

Stream erosion, 56–177

economic effects of, 108

influenced by rock, 124

influenced by declivity, 123

influenced by structure, 125, 127

topography developed by, 92

Streams, abrasion by, 119

adjustment in Appalachians, 148

adjustment of, 146, 147

affected by rotation of earth, 194

aggradational work of, 177–204

antecedent, 169, 171

characteristics of aggrading, 179, 187

compared with glaciers, 262

consequent, 78

corrasion by, 119

cross-currents in, 117

decrease in size of, 179, 180

deposition by, 177

drowning of, 170

effect of change of level on, 161, 171

erosion by, 57–177

floods of, 109

ice of, 118

intermittent, 71, 72

mature, 86

mechanical work of, 226

migration from synclines to anticlines, 159

mineral matter in solution in, 225

old age of, 89

overloading of, 178, 179, 186

permanent, 70

piracy of, 103

ponding of, 171

relation of width to meander belt, 193

solution by, 108, 122

sources of, 178

struggle for existence among, 100

superimposed, 150

topographic adjustment of, 162, 163, 197

transportation by, 115, 116

velocity of, 115

young, 85

Stream-terraces, 204–212

Stream velocity, effect on transportation, 115

Stream work, 57–212

Stress-accumulation, 583, 588

Striæ, 283

Strike, 501

Strike fault, 522

Stromboli, 636

Structural adjustment of valleys, 147

Structural features of rocks, 486–525

arising from disturbance, 500

of igneous rocks, 498

of sedimentary rock, 486

Structural geology, 1, 486

Structural valleys, 77

Structure of glacier ice, 308

Structure of rock, influence on erosion, 125

Struggle for existence among valleys, 100

Subaërial erosion, 58

Sub-atomic forces, causes of crustal movement, 556

Subdivisions of geology, 1

Subglacial load, 282

Subsidence, effect on coast-lines, 331

Suess, Edw., 538

Sulphur, 466

Sulphur springs, 235

Sun-cracks, 373, 490

Superglacial load, 282

Superimposed streams, 150

Surface moraines, 266

Susquehanna River, 168

Switzerland, snow-fields of, 245

Syenites, 415, 452, 473

Syncline, 157, 504

Synclinoria, 504

Syssiderites, 5

Tachylite, 473

Tait, P. G., 552, 572, 573 (and Thompson, J.), 560, 579

Talc, 466

Talcose rock, 431

Talus, 112

Talus cone, 182

Talus glacier, 233, 232

Tarr, R. S., 165

Temperature, at centre of earth, 571

atmospheric, 43, 46, 49

based on Laplace’s law, 564

effect on erosion, 129

effects of changes on rocks, 44

expansion and contraction due to changes of, 44

in excavations, 569

of interior of earth, 559–570

of lavas, 615, 627

Tennessee River, history of, 168–169

Tension joints, 514

Terminal moraine, 266, 301

Terraces, stream, 204–212

flood-plain, 205

rock, 140, 204

termini of, 210

wave-built, 363

wave-cut, 351, 353

Terrigenous deposits, in sea, 379

Thallophytes, geologic contribution of, 653

Thames River, 224

material in solution in, 108

Thibetan plateau, 548

Thompson, James, 322, 560, 579

Thompson, W. G., 119

“Thorofares,” 358

Thrust-fault, 517, 518

Tides, 4, 338

effect on rotation, 4

Tilden, W. A., 620

Tilhemic rocks, 457

Till, 473

Titanite, 467

Todd, J. E., 195

Topaz, 467

Topographic adjustment of streams, 162, 163, 197

Topographic effects of glacial erosion, 287

Topographic effects of ground-water, 231

Topographic map, explanation of, 30

Topographic maturity, 86

Topographic old age, 89

Topographic youth, 86

Topography, developed by river erosion, 92

dune, 32

landslide, 231

mature, 86

of alluvial deposits, 196

of glaciers, 266

of ocean bottom, 326

of shallow-water deposits, 374

youthful 86

Top-set beds, 202

Trachyte, 473

Transportation, 110

by glaciers, 281

by ocean currents, 367

by streams, 115, 119

by waves, 354

by wind, 22, 25

Trap, 419, 473

Travertine, 473

Trees, uprooting of, 40

Tremolite, 447, 467

Tributaries, development of, 78

position of, 79

topographic adjustment of, 197

Tripoli, 661

Tripolite, 426

Trout creek, 193

Tschermak, G., 538

Tufa (see Tuffs)

Tufa cones, 611

Tufa deposits, 611

Tuffs, 404, 434, 473

Tuscarora deep, 548

Two Medicine River, 154, 157

Tyndall, J., and Huxley, T. H., 322

Udden, J. A., 22

Uinta Mountains, lateral moraines of, 303

Underground water (see Ground-water)

Undertow, 341

deposition by, 355

erosion by, 342, 347

United States Geological Survey, VI., 32

Upham, W., 388

Uprooting of trees, 40

Uralite, 431

Uruguay River, sediment carried by, 107

Usiglio, 375

Valleys,

affected by folds, 154

antecedent (see Streams, antecedent)

canoe-shaped, 155

consequent, 78

courses of, 77

development of, 63, 70, 73, 80

hanging, 164, 290

limits of growth, 67

oldest parts, 76

profiles of, 66

relations to lakes, 74

slopes of, 94

special forms of, 94

structural, 77

struggle for existence among, 100

Van Hise, C. R., 219, 434, 448, 474, 479, 504, 543, 555, 570

Vegetation,

effect on dunes, 29

effect on erosion, 131, 644

effect on sediments, 645

effect on weathering, 131

Veins, 223, 428, 511

Vermes, geologic contribution of, 662

Vermeule, C. C., 109

Vertebrata, geologic contribution of, 663

Vesuvius, 605

Virginia, natural bridge of, 156

Viridite, 467

Volcanic action, causes of, 623–633

activity, periodicity of, 607

ash, 23, 404, 592, 617

bombs, 406, 592, 617

cinders, 592

cones, 500

débris in sea, 381

dust (see Volcanic ash)

eruptions, 594

and atmospheric pressure, 606

and tidal strain, 607

types of, 593

gases, 617–623

action of, 617

kinds of, 618

proportions of, 620, 622

sources of, 619, 620, 621, 633

glass (see Obsidian)

in sea, 381

mud, 380

flows of, 610

neck, 500

plug, 500

rocks, 395–418

residual gases in, 619

smoke, 592, 617

Volcanoes, 599–611

coincidence in eruption of, 606

cones of, 608

distribution of, in curved lines, 603

distribution of, in latitude, 603

distribution of, in relation to crustal movements, 601, 604, 628

distribution of, in relation to land and sea, 599

distribution of, in time, 599

independence of, 605, 623

periodicity of, 607

relations of, 604–607

relations to one another, 605

Volume of ocean, 325

Vuggs, 437

Vulcanism, 2, 590–637

causes of, 623–633

effects on coast-lines, 332

in ocean, 332

Vulcanism and deep sedimentation, 629

ground-water, 635

rotation, 603

Wacke, 422, 473, 645

Wad, 467

Walcott, C. D., 194, 246, 371, 438, 440, 441, 502, 503, 509

Wallace, A. R., 665, 668

Walther, J., 50, 670

Warming, E., 667

Warping, effect of, on streams, 171

of earth’s crust, 526, 541, 542

Wasatch Mountains, lateral moraines of, 303

Washington, H. S., 412, 451, 573

Waste of glaciers, 273

Water (see Streams, Ground-water, Ocean, etc.)

amount of, 7

geologic activity of, 8

Water-gaps, 141, 167

Waterfalls, 132

development of, 133

Minnehaha, 137

Niagara, 139

Shoshone, 135

St. Anthony, 135

Upper Yosemite, 138

Yellowstone, 135

Waterfalls and sediment, 137

Water-lime, 473

Water-table, 71, 215

Water-vapor, climatic effects of, 643

Wave-built terraces, 363

Wave-cut terraces, 351, 352

Wave erosion, 342–354

range of, 346

topographic features developed by, 349

Wave erosion and horizontal configuration, 353, 363, 364

Wave-marks, 490

Wave-motion, 339

Waves, 339

deposition by, 355

erosion by, 342–354

force of, 344

transportation by, 354

work of, 342–366

Weathering, 54, 110, 226

affected by life, 644

aided by plants, 112

aided by hot vapors, 113

effect of gravity, 112

effect of joints, 151, 153

importance of, in valley growth, 114

Wedgework of ice, 45, 48, 150

of roots, 112, 131, 150

Weed, W. H., 225, 237, 474, 656

Wells,

artesian, 242

flowing, 234, 242, 243

Wheeling well, temperature of, 569

White glacier, 263

Whitfield, J. E. (and Gooch, F. A.), 236

Williams, H. S., 658

Willis, B., 157, 168, 169, 257, 344, 355, 365, 516, 543, 550

Winchell, H. V., 474

Wind, abrasion by, 38

effects on plants, 40

movements of sea, generated by, 336

transports organisms, 41

work of, 21–41

Wind-blown dust, 22

Wind-blown sands, 25

Wind-ripples, 37

Winslow, A., 474

Wisconsin River, dells of, 152

Woodward, R. S., 560, 581

Work of glaciers, 281

Wyandotte Cave, 227, 228

Yazoo River, 188

Yellowstone Park,

geysers of, 238

hot springs of, 225

Yellowstone River,

canyon of, 100

falls of, 135

Yukon River, delta of, 202

Zeiller, 652

Zeolites, 428, 467

Zircon, 467

Zittel, K. von, 658, 659

Zone of fracture, 219, 427

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