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CONTENTS.
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| Palæozoic Strata.─Carboniferous System continued. | |
| Organic Remains | 170 |
| Figures of ditto | 171,173,175 |
| Physical Geography | 175 |
| Geographical Extent | 177 |
| Igneous Rocks | 184 |
| General View of the Circumstances under which the Carboniferous System was deposited | 186 |
| Extent of British Coal Fields under superior Strata Disturbances of the Carboniferous System | 193 |
| Figures illustrating ditto | 194-195 |
| Permian System (Magnesian Limestone Series of England) | 195 |
| Composition | 196 |
| Structure of its Deposition | 197 |
| Divisional Planes | 197 |
| Succession and Thickness of its Strata | 197 |
| Organic Remains | 198 |
| Table of ditto | 199 |
| Figures of ditto | 200 |
| Table of Fauna of | 201 |
| Geographical Extent | 202 |
| Mesozoic Strata. | |
| Triassic System (Part of Saliferous of former Editions) | 203 |
| Composition | 203 |
| Organic Remains | 205 |
| Geographical Extent | 206 |
| Physical Geography | 208 |
| Igneous Rocks | 208 |
| Origin and Aggregation of the Materials of the Triassic and Permian Systems | 209 |
| Origin of Rock Salt and Gypsum | 210 |
| Oolitic System | 214 |
| Composition | 214 |
| Structure | 217 |
| Divisional Planes | 217 |
| Series of Strata | 218 |
| Table exhibiting ditto | 219 |
| Figures illustrating ditto | 220-221 |
| Organic Remains | 222 |
| Tables of ditto | 222-224 |
| Figures of ditto | 224-225 |
| Geographical Extent | 226 |
| Figure of ditto | 229 |
| Physical Geography | 230 |
| Figure illustrating ditto | 230 |
| General Review of the System | 231 |
| Cretaceous System | 233 |
| Composition | 233 |
| Stratification | 235 |
| Succession of its Strata | 236 |
