Elements of geology, or, The ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments / by Sir Charles Lyell.

  • Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Elements of geology, or, The ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments / by Sir Charles Lyell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOR PEN North Germany, fossil lamia of, 23*1 North Wales, cleavage of slate rocks in, 711, 746 Northwich, beds of salt at, 446 Norway, granite veins in gneiss of, 706 Cambrian of, 576 Silurian platonic rocks of, 717 Norwich crag, shells of, 196 sand-pipes near, 82 Nova Scotia, fossil forests of, 482 period of coal accumulation in, 488 Nucula Cobboldice, Norwich crag, 196 Nummulites (Nummularia) laevigata, 287 exponens, Europe and Asia, 305 Puschi, Pyrenees, 305 Nummulitic formations, 301 Nyst, Mr., on testacea in Antwerp crag, 205 — on Edeghem shells, 232 ABOLUS grit of Russia, 565 v' Apallinis, Silurian, 565 Obsidian, 600 CEningen, Upper Miocene, beds of, 246 CEpiornis, eggs of, in Trias, 452 Oeynhausen, M. von, on Cornish granite veins, 704 Ogygia Huchii, Silurian, 562 Ohio, Palis of, Devonian coral-reef of, 540 Old Red, supposed reptilian remains of, 526 Old Red Sandstone, subdivisions of, 520 thickness of, 520 trap of, 691 Oldest granites, 718 Oldhamia radiata, 0. anliqna, 574 0lenus micrurus, Lingula flags, 573 Oligoclase, composition of. 590 Oliva Dufresnii, B dderberg, Belgium, 231 Oliver, Prof., on Miocene Atlantis, 268 Olivine, 593 Olot, volcanic rocks of, 659 Omphynia turbinattnn, Wenlock, 554 Onchus tenuistrintus, Silurian, 519 Oolite, origin of, 426 divisions of, compared, 411 Great, fossils of, 399 Great, fossil plants of, 407 Inferior, fossils of, 409 plutonic rocks of, 715 physical geography of, 376 table of divisions of, 375 term defined, 12 upper, middle, and lower, 376 Oolitic strata of England and France, 376 volcanic rocks, 688 Ophioderma Egertoni, Middle Lias, 417 Ophite, Ophiolite, 600 Opossum, molar tooth and part of jaw of, 292 Oppel, M., on zones of Lias, +14 Orbigny, A. d', on Orbitoides, 305, 308 on cretaceous series, 312 on distinction of species, 213 on Vienna basin, 242 Orbigny, M. C. d’, on pisolitic limestone, 311 Oreodaphnc Hcerii, 208 Organic remains, criterion of age of formation, 94 tests of age of volcanic rock, 649 Oriskany sandstone, classification of,'540 Ormerod. Mr., on thickness of Trias, 44 Orthis eleganluta, Upper 'Ludlow, 549 tricenaria, 0. vespertilio, 0. grandis, Silurian, 559 Orthoceras in St. Cassian fieds, 435 Orthoceras venlricosum, 551 iiterate, 516 implex, Silurian, 562 Orthoclase, composition of, 590 Osborne, or St. Helen’s series, 282 1 • 3 Osteolepis, Old Red Sandstone, 529 Ostrea gregarea, Coral rag, 396 acuminata, Fuller’s earth, 408 carinata. Chalk, 326 columba, Chalk, 326 de/tuidea, Upper Oolite, 393 distorta, I’urbeck, 378 expanse. Portland-stone, 392 vesicularis. Chalk, 325 Otodus obtiquur, tooth of, 288 Overlying, term applied to volcanic rocks, 7 Owen, Prof., on Eocene mammalia, 385 on carboniferous limestone, 519 on cave-breccia fossils, 126 on fauna of Sheppey, 290 on footsteps on Potsdam sandstone, 577 on footprints of Trias, 442, 453 on Gastornis Parisiensis, 303 on Ichthyosaurus, 421 on Paleophis typhccus, 287 on Plagiautax, 382 on Purbeck mammalia, 380 on reptile of Coal, 503 on Trigonodon, 383 on Stonesfield mammalia, 404, 405, 456 on Zeuglodon, 307, 308 Ox, common, molar of, 134 Oxford clay, fossils of, 397 'DACIFIC, corals and chalk of, 316 ^ Pahechirms gigas, Mountain Limestone, 514 Patcenniscus (Palceolhrissum), 459 comptns, P. elegans, P. glaphyrus, 460 Palaeontology of cretaceous rocks, 342 term explained, 100 Palceophis typhccus, Bracklesham, 286 Palceosaurus platyodon, tooth of, 444 PaUc' thcrium magnum, 281 Palreozoic type of corals, 511 Palagonite tuff, 597, 601 Palermo, caves near, 74 Palma, aqueous erosion in, 630 denudation of fluviatile or marine, 632 caldera of, 621 structure of, 621,624 Paludina, fossil, of Auvergne, 225 lenta, Hempstead, 29, 238 Mayence, 241 orbicularis, Bembridge, 280 Paradoxides Bohemians, 575 Parasmilia centralis. Chalk, 512 Paris basin, tertiaries of, 295 Parka decipiens, 525 Parkinson, Mr., on Suffolk crag, 182 Parrot, Dr. F., on salt-lakes of Asia, 447 Patagonia, sedimentary layers of, 745 ground-plan of dikes near, 159 Patella rugosa, Great Oolite, 402 Peach, Mr.-C., Scotch Devonian fossils found by, 527 Peak of Teneriffe, view of, 637 Pearlstone, 601 Peat of Denmark, 109 Pebble-beds of Lower Miocene, Switzerland, 257 Pebbles, absence of, in granite, 721 in Chalk, 321 Pecopteris lonchitica. Carboniferous, 466 Peclen islandicus, Qljde drift, 153 Beaveri, White Chalk, 325 papyraceus, Coal, 492 quinque costatus, White Chalk, 325 jacobarus, Sicily, 193 Valoniensis, Trias, 439 Pegmatite, 696 Tenarth beds, 439 Pengelly, Dr., on flint-knives of Brixham cave,, 124 E 2