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Show 88 INDEX, Cairo, green !and containing shells at, 211 Calabria, recent tertiary strata of, 22 --effects of the earthquake of 1783, 142,319 Calais, ripple marks formed by the winds on the dunes near-see wood-cut No. 36, 176 Calanna, lava of Etna turned from its course by the hill of-see wood-cut No. 18, 86 -- description of the valley of, 85, 91 Calcaire grossier, alternation of the Plastic clay and, 244 -- number of fossil shells of the, 245 -- abundance of cerithia iu the, 245 -- alternates with fresh-water limestone [at Triel, 246 -- manner in which it was deposited, 246 -- in part destroyed when the upper marine strata were formed, 248 -- abundance of microscopic shells in the, 250 -- Palrootherium and fresh-water shells in, 252 Calcaire siliceux of the Paris basin, 246 - alternates with calcaire grassier at Triel, 246 -- how formed, 246 Calcareous grit and peperino, sections of -see diagrams Nos. 9 and 10, 72 Caltagirone, blue shelly marl of, 66, 67 --fossil shells from-see list, Appendix II., 55 Caltanisetta, dip of the tertiary strata at, 74 --list of fossil &hells from,-Appen-dix II., 54 Cambridgeshire, great line of chalk escarp- 1 ment from, to Dorsetshire, 315 Campagna di Roma, age of the volcanic rocks of the, 183 Campania, tertiary formation of, 118 --. comparison of record(:d changes in, w1th those commemorated by geological monuments, 118 -- age of the volcanic and associated rocks of, 126 -- external configuration of the country how caused, 127 -- affords no signs of diluvial waves, i 128 Canadian lakes, changes which would take place in the Gulf of St. Lawrence if they were filled up, 28 Can tal, fresh-water formations of 236 -- fresh-water limestonfl and 1 flints resembling chalk in thl', 237 -- proofs of the gradual deposition of marl in the, 239 Cape Wrath, granite veins of-see woodcuts Nos. 85 and 86, 354 Capitol, hill of the, a deposit of calcareous tufa. found on the, 138 Capo Santa Croce, shelly limestone resting on lava at, 68 Capra, flowing of the lavas of 1811 and 1819 round the rock of-see wood-cut No. 21, 92 -- traversed by dikes, 92 Carboniferous series, 326 Carcare, tertiary strata of-see wood-cut No. 55, 207, 222 -- fos11il shells of, 211 Cardona, rock salt of, its relative age, 333 Casamicciol, shells found in stratified tuff at, 126 Caspian Sea, level of til(•, 29, 271 Castell de Stolles, ravine excavated in lava opposite the, 189 Castell Foil itt, extent of the lava stream of -see map, wood-cut No. 43, 184 -- section of lava cut through by river at-sec wood-cut No. 46, 189, 190 Castello d'Aci, 81 Castrogiovanni, section of the Val di Nolo series at-see diagram No. 5, 64 -- hill of, its height, 66 -- capped by the Val di Nolo lime· stone, 66 --fossil fish found in gypseous marls at, 67 -- list of fossil shells from-Appendix II., 55 Castelgomberto, fossil shells of-see Table, Appendix I. Catalonia, volcanic district of, 183 -- extent of the volcanic region of-ace map, wood-cut No, 43, 184 -- volcanic cones and lavas of-(see Frontispiece), 185 -- ravines, excavated through la\'a in, 188, 189 -- age of the volcanos of, 191 -- superposition of rocks in the vol· canic district of-see wood-cut No. 47, 192 Catania, volcanic conglomerates forming on the beach at, 73 --plain of, 75, 76 -- marine formation near, 78 Catastrophes, remarks on theories respecting, 6, 33 Catcliff, Little, section of part of, showing the inclination of the layers in opposite directions-see wood-cut No. 33, 17r, Cavalaccio, Monte, shells procured from the tuffs of, 79 Caves in Sicily, osseous breccias found in, 139' -- perforated in the interior by lithodomi, 140, 141 --Australian, bones of marsupial animals in, 143 INDEX. 89 Cavo delle Neve, hollow in Ischia called the, 127 --ancient sea-beach seen near, 127 Cellent, la\'a current of-see map, woodcut, No 43, 184 -- section above the bridge of,-see wood-cut No. 45, 188 Central France, volcanic rocks of, 224, 257 -- fresh-water, formations of, 225 -- analogy of the tertiary deposits of, to those of the Paris basin, 241, i 247 --valleys of, how formed, 319 Ccr, valley of the, sections of foliated marls in the, 239 Ceret and Bouton, dip of the tertiary strata between, 170 Cerithia, abundance of in the calcaire gros· sier, 245 · Chabriol, M., on the fossil mammalia of Mont Perrier, 218 Chadrat, pisolitic limestone of, 232 Chalk, protruded masses of in the crag strata-see wood-cuts Nos. 41 and 42, . 179, 180 --English tertiary strata, conformable . to the, 282 -- deep indentations filled with sand, &c., on its surface, 282 -- tertiary outliers on, 283 -- fissure in the, filled with saud ncar Lewes, 283 --and upper green sand of the Weald valley, 286 -- escarpments of the Weald valley, once sea-cliffs-see wood-cuts Nos. 65 and 66,289, 290, 291 -- why no ruins of, on the central district of the Weald, 295 --of the North and South Downs, its former continuity, 303 -- the alternative of the hypothesis that it was once continuous considered, 30<! -- valleys and furrows in the, how caused, 311 -- cliff's, rapid waste of on Sussex coast, 311 -- greatest elevation attained by it in England, 314 -- great line of escarpment formed by the, through the central parts of England, 315 -- nearly all the land in Europe has emerged since the deposition of the, 330 -- has been elevated at successive periods, 331 -- converted into marble by trap dike in Antrim, 369 Chalk-flints, analysi3 of, 238 Chamalieres, near Clermont, ~ection at, 228 Chambon, lake of, formed by the lava of the Puy de Tartare!, 264 Chamouni, glaciers of, 150 Champheix, tertiary red marls of 229 Champoleon in the Alps, strat~ altered near, 371 Champradelle, section of vertical marls at, -see wood-cut No. 57, 231 Chili, Newer Pliocene marine strata at great heights in, 130 Christie, Dr. T., his account of the Cave of San Ciro, 140 -- on cB\·erns in Mount Beliemi, Sicily 143 ' C!rque of Gavarnie, in the Pyrenees, 88 C1sterna on Etna, formed by a subsidence in 1792,96, 129 Classification of tertiary formations in chronological order, 45 Clay-slate, lamination of, in the Pyrenees -see wood-cut No. 89, 366 -- may be altered into shale, 373 . -- convertible into hornblende schist 373 ' Clermont, section of littoral deposits near, 228 -- section of vertical marls near-see wood-cut No. 57, 231 -- alternations of volcanic tuff and fresh-water limestone near, 258 Clift, Mr., on the bones of animals from Australian caves, 144 Climate, effects of changes of, on species, 44 Coal reduced_ to cinder by trap dike, 370 Colle, fresh-water formation of, 137 -- fossil shells of living species in the, 138 Comb Hurst, hills of, 279 Cilme, lava current of, 186 Conception Bay, fossil shells of recent species found at great heights in, 130. Conglomerate, tertiary, of Nice, 167 -- now formed by the rivers near Nice, 168, 169 -- time required for the formation of great beds of~ 170 Conglomerates, volcanic, of the Val di Noto, 73 -- now forming on the shores of Catania and lschia, 73 Contemporaneous origin of Rocks, how determined, 37 Contemporaneous, remarks on the term, 52 Continents, position of former, 328, 330 Coutortions in the Newer l1liocene strata in thE! Isle of Cyclops-see wood·cut No. 15,80 Conybeare, Rev. W. D., on the English crag, 19 |