Page:A Treatise on Geology, volume 1.djvu/16

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CONTENTS.
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Mesozoic Strata.─Cretaceous System continued.
Organic Remains 237
Figures of ditto 238-240
Geographical Extent 240
Physical Geography 242
Igneous Rocks 243
Close of the Secondary Period, and ensuing Disturbances of the Crust of the Globe 244
Cainozoic or Tertiary Strata.. (Supercretaceous Deposits, &c.) 249
Composition 250
Structure and Stratification 251
Divisional Planes 252
Succession and Thickness of its Strata 252
Freshwater Formations 254
Geographical Extent and Physical Geography 260
Organic Remains 264
In Marine Deposits 272
In Lacustrine and Lignitic Deposits of known Era 273
In Lacustrine Deposits of doubtful Era 275
Figures of ditto 275
Disturbing Movements during and after the Tertiary Period 276
Post-Tertiary and Modern Strata (including Pleistocene and other Deposits)
View of the Relation of these to Tertiary Strata 278
Classification of 281
Detrital Deposits 281
Erratic Block Group 283
Ossiferous Gravel, Pebbly Clay, Sand, &c. 298
Ossiferous Caves and Fissures 303
General Table of Vertebral Remains in Post-Tertiary Accumulations 304
Description of Caverns 310
General Considerations on "Diluvial" Phenomena 316
Zoological and Botanical Character of "Diluvial" Period 319
Ancient Marine Deposits 321
Raised Beaches 321
Change of Level of Land adjoining the Baltic 324
Marine Deposits in Progress 329
Coral Reefs 329
Mr. Stutchbury's Views of 330
Mr. Darwin, on Coral Islands 333
Shell Beds 336
Classes of Shells 340
Banks of Sand, Clay, Gravel, &c. 341