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Cotidal lines, Whewell's Essays on, ii. 288.
"Crag," marine Deposit, where found, i. 255. Roman cement made from, 266.
Craven district of Yorkshire, position of strata at, i. 39. Length of faults in, 43. 135.
Cretaceous system, table of deposits of the, i. 54. Its composition, 233. Its stratification, 235. Succession of its strata, 236. Organic remains found in, 237. Its geographical extent, 240. Its physical geography, 242. Its igneous rocks, 243.
Crinan canal, i. 116.
Crocodiles, fossil remains of. i. 92. Their instinctive habits alluded to, 93, 94.
Crossfell, position of strata at, i. 39. The "Whin Sill," a basaltic formation found at, ii. 96.
Crust of the earth, historical view of the rocks of, i. 107. Granitic base of, 10S. Disturbances of, at close of Silurian period, 149. At close of Secondary period, 244. During and after the Tertiary period, 276.
Crustacea, table of fossil genera of, 85.
Cullercoats, fault at, i. 40. 193.
Cumberland, red sandstone of, i. 16. Cleavage of rocks in, 68. Slate of, 133, 134. Lake district of, 133.
Cumbrian mountains, dip of stratified rocks in, i. 37. Granitic structure of, 108. Porphyry abundant in, 134. Detritus yielded by, to diluvial currents, 283.
Cuvier, his opinion of "true" geology, i. 69. His discoveries in fossil zoology, 88. 90. 96. 98. 116. 256. 261. 298. 312.
Cycadeae found in oolitic strata, i. 222.
D.
Danube, organic remains found in the, i. 269.
Dartmoor, altered rocks of, ii. 143.
Darwin, Mr., his ingenious theory of the origin of boulders, i. 296. His observations on coralligenous zoophyta and coral islands, 331, ft seq. On the volcanic origin of the islands of the Pacific, ii. 232. On the dynamics of earthquakes, 247. On the displacements of stratified rock accounting for continental elevation, 289. 304.
Daubeny, Dr., references to his work on volcanos, ii. 136. 210, et seq. On mineral and thermal springs, 254, et seq.
Daubuisson, M., extract from his "Traité de Geologie," ii. 250. His experiments on the heat of mines, ii. 270.
Dauphine, organic remains found in, i. 123.
Davy, Sir H., reference to, ii. 329.
Dechen, Von, his plans of granite veins, ii. 104. On the alterations produced on argillaceous slaty rocks by granite, 108. 142. On the changes effected by the granite of the Harz, 143.
Decise, mine of, its temperature, ii. 275.
Deltas, how formed, ii. 25, et seq.
Demavend, Peak of, its height, ii. 228.
Denham, Captain, his survey of the estuary of the Mersey, ii. 33.
Deposits, British, table of, i. 54. Various kinds of, 58. Of the various strata, see Hypozoic and following Strata. Supracretaceous, 249. 272, et seq. Modern, 278. Classification of, 281. Detrital, 281. Tables of vertebral, 304. Ancient marine, 321. Marine, in progress. 329. Fluviatile, ii. 1.8. Lacustrine, 36. Metalliferous, 155.
Derbyshire, coal formation of, i. 166. Difference in herbage of, 177.
Derwent, delta of the, how formed, ii. 25.
Deshayes, M., his researches concerning tertiary mollusca, i. 265. His discoveries of animal remains in lacustrine deposits, ii. 48.
Desnoyers, M. J., his comparison of the English "crag" to the epilimnic group of Paris basin, i. 257. His report on ossiferous caves, 303.
Detrital deposits, i. 281, et seq.
Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge, ii. 10.
Devonian system, table of deposits of, i. 56. Composition of the strata of, 154. Organic remains found in, 156. Its geographical extent, 160.
Didelphys, fossil remains of, i. 96.
Dillwyn, Mr., his notice of phenomenon in coal formation of Swansea, i. 163.
