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CONTENTS.


TO


THE SECOND VOLUME.




CHAPTER VI.continued.
 
HISTORICAL VIEW OF STRATIFIED ROCKS.
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Post-Tertiary Strata, continued.
Fluviatile and Lacustrine Deposits 1
Ancient Valley Formations 2
Fluviatile Deposits in 3
Rock Terraces in 6
Fluviatile Deposits 8
Waste of the Earth's Surface 9
Effects of Rain 10
Effects of Frost 11
Effects of Springs 19
Effects of Rivers 20
Lakes on the Course of Rivers 23
Deep Lakes on the Course of a River 24
New Lands at the Mouths of Rivers 27
Estuary and Shore Deposits 31
Lacustrine Deposits 36
Classification of Fossil Mammalia 39
Eocene or Lower Tertiary Period 41
Organic Remains of the Paris Basin 41
Organic Remains of the Quarries of Binstead 42
Middle Tertiary Period 43
Fossil Remains of the upper Freshwater Beds of the Paris Basin 43
Organic Remains of various Freshwater Beds 44-47