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CONTENTS.
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| Mesozoic Strata.─Cretaceous System continued. | |
| Organic Remains | 237 |
| Figures of ditto | 238-240 |
| Geographical Extent | 240 |
| Physical Geography | 242 |
| Igneous Rocks | 243 |
| Close of the Secondary Period, and ensuing Disturbances of the Crust of the Globe | 244 |
| Cainozoic or Tertiary Strata.. (Supercretaceous Deposits, &c.) | 249 |
| Composition | 250 |
| Structure and Stratification | 251 |
| Divisional Planes | 252 |
| Succession and Thickness of its Strata | 252 |
| Freshwater Formations | 254 |
| Geographical Extent and Physical Geography | 260 |
| Organic Remains | 264 |
| In Marine Deposits | 272 |
| In Lacustrine and Lignitic Deposits of known Era | 273 |
| In Lacustrine Deposits of doubtful Era | 275 |
| Figures of ditto | 275 |
| Disturbing Movements during and after the Tertiary Period | 276 |
| Post-Tertiary and Modern Strata (including Pleistocene and other Deposits) | |
| View of the Relation of these to Tertiary Strata | 278 |
| Classification of | 281 |
| Detrital Deposits | 281 |
| Erratic Block Group | 283 |
| Ossiferous Gravel, Pebbly Clay, Sand, &c. | 298 |
| Ossiferous Caves and Fissures | 303 |
| General Table of Vertebral Remains in Post-Tertiary Accumulations | 304 |
| Description of Caverns | 310 |
| General Considerations on "Diluvial" Phenomena | 316 |
| Zoological and Botanical Character of "Diluvial" Period | 319 |
| Ancient Marine Deposits | 321 |
| Raised Beaches | 321 |
| Change of Level of Land adjoining the Baltic | 324 |
| Marine Deposits in Progress | 329 |
| Coral Reefs | 329 |
| Mr. Stutchbury's Views of | 330 |
| Mr. Darwin, on Coral Islands | 333 |
| Shell Beds | 336 |
| Classes of Shells | 340 |
| Banks of Sand, Clay, Gravel, &c. | 341 |
