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Show XXX LIST OF WOOD-CUTS. N~ fM 29. Section from Monte Calvo to the sea by the Valley o agnan, near Nice • 30. Diagram showing the manner in which the C1·ag may be supposed to rest on the chalk • • 31. Section of shelly crag near Walton, Suffolk 32. Section at the light-house near Happisborough 33. Section of Little Cat Cliff, showing the inclination of the layers of quartzose sand in opposite directions 34. Lamination of shelly sand and loam, ~ear the Signal-House, Walton 35. Diagram illustrative of the successive deposition of strata 36. Section of ripple marks caused by the wind on loose saud 37. Bent strata of loam in the cliffs between Cromer and Runton 38. Folding of the strata between East and West Runton 39. Section in the cliffs east of Sherringham 40. Section east of Sherringham, Norfolk 41. Side view of a promontory of chalk and crag, at Trimming ham, Norfolk 42. Northern protuberance of chalk, Tl'immingham 43. Map of the volcanic district of Catalonia 44. Section of volcanic sand and ashes in a valley near Olot • 45. Section above the bridge of Cellent 46. Section at Castell Follit 47. Superposition of rocks in the volcanic district of Catalonia 48. Map of the volcanic district of the Lower Rhine 49. View of the Gemunden Maar 50. Section of the same and other contiguous lake-craters 51. Section of tertiary strata ove1·l y ing chalk near Dax 52. Section explaining the position of the Eocene strata in the Bordeaux basin 53. Section of Inland cliff near Dax 54. Position of the Miocene alluviums of Mont Perrier (or Boulacle) 55. Section ofthe fresh-water formation of Cadibona 56, Map of Auvergne, Cantal, Velay, &c. 57. Section of Vertical marls near Clermont ~~:}superposition of the formations of the Paris basin Page 167 173 174 174 175 175 176 176 178 178 178 179 179 180 184 187 188 190 192 194 195 196 207 209 210 217 221 226 231 243 60. Section of the Hill of Gergovia near Clermont 259 61. Lavas of Auvergne resting on alluviums of different ages • 267 62. Map of the principal tertiary basins of the Eocene period 275 63. Section from the London to the Hampshire basin across the Valley of the Weald 288 64. Section of the country from the confines of the basin of London to that of Hants, with the principal heights above the level of the sea on a true scale 288 65. View of the chalk escarpment of the South Downs, taken from the Devil's Dike, looking towards the west and south-west • 290 LIST OF WOOD-CUTS. xxxi No. Page 66. Chalk escarpment as seen from the hill alJove Steyning, Sussex. The castle and village of Bramber in the foreground 291 6 7. Section of lower terrace of firestone 292 68. Diagram explanatory of anticlinal and synclinal lines 293 ~~:}sections illustrating the gradual denudation of the Weald Valley 204,295 71. Section from the north escarpment of the South Downs to Barcombe 296 72. Section of cliffs west of Sherringham 297 73. View of the transverse valley of the Adur in the South Downs 299 7 4. Supposed section of a transverse valley 300 75. View of Lewes Coomb 301 76. Section of a fault in the cliff-hills near Lewes 301 77, Hypothetical section to illustrate the question of the denudation of the Weald Valley 304 78. Ground plan of the Valley of Kingsclere 305 79. Section across the Valley of Kingsclere from north to south 305 80. Section of the Valley of Kingsclere with the heights on a true scale 306 81. Hypothetical section illustrating the denudation of the Weald Valley and the contemporaneous origin of the Eocene strata 310 ~~:}Diagrams illustrative ofthe relative antiquity of mountain-chains 340,341 84. Diagram showing the relative position of the Hypogene sedimentary and volcanic rocks 353 85. Granite veins traversing stratified rocks 354 86. Granite veins traversing gneiss at Cape Wrath in Scotland 354 87. Granite veins passing through hornblende slate, Carnsilver Cove, Cornwall 355 88. View of the junction of granite and limestone in Glen Tilt 356 89. Lamination of clay-slate, Montagne de Seguinat, near Gavnrnie, in the Pyrenees 366 90. Junction of granite with jurassic or oolite strata in the Alps 371 91. Diagram showing the different order of position in the Plutonic and Sedimentary formations of different ages 388 92. Diagram to explain the meaning of the term' fault,' Glossary 68 93. Diagram to explain the term ' salient angle,' Glossary 79 |