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System considered, 111. Its composition, 111. Lamination in, 114. Stratification of, 115. Succession and thickness of, 117. Organic life discovered in, 118. Extent of, 119. Physical geography of, 120. Igneous rocks of, 121. General inferences drawn from the subject, 122.
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Iceland, volcanos of, dates of their eruptions, ii. 219. Names of its volcanos, 219. 222.
Icebergs, how formed, i. 294. Detritus deposited by, 294.
Igneous rocks, i. 121. 134. 184. 208. 231. 243. ii. 71. See Rocks, Igneous.
Imbaburu, volcano of, its ejection of prenadillas, ii. 215.
Indian Ocean, submarine volcano in the, ii. 232.
Indies, West, all volcanic in, their origin, ii. 230.
Indus, basin of the, stratified deposits in. 58.
Ingleton, Yorkshire, cubic pyrites found at, i. 126.
Interior of the earth, undulations of, ii. 322. Of England, 322.
Intersector, the Geological, i. 68.
Iona, primary limestone of, i. 117. Serpentine found in, 121.
Ireland, scenery of limestone districts of, i. 176. Bogs of, ii. 64.
Iron ore of the Pyrenees, ii. 162, 163. Carbonate of, how found in coal, i. 163. Green silicate of, where found abundant, 242.
Ironstone, singular structure of, in coal districts, i. 165.
Ischia, volcanos of, distance of time between their eruptions, ii. 216.
Islands, new, formed by volcanic action, ii. 236
Isomeric or Isomerous, derivation of the word, ii. 86.
J.
James, Captain, his contribution to the zoology of the glacial sea, i. 327.
Jameson, Professor, on veins of igneous rocks, ii. 100.
Java, volcanic mountains of, ii. 228.
Jelly, Rev. H., his notice of corals, i. 75.
Jersey, New, bleached shells found in, ii.56.
Joints, meaning of the term, i. 64. Various kinds of, and their situation, 64, 65.
Jorullo, new mountain, its height, ii. 204. 236.
Juan Fernandez, volcanic island of, ii. 221. 230.
Jukes, Mr., his geological researches, i. 129.
Jura, the Swiss and German, oolitic rocks of the, 229. Limestone of, disrupted by granite eminences, ii, 292.
K.
Kaisarstuhl mountain, volcanic, ii. 223.
Kendal, mineral springs of, ii. 253.
Kennedy, Dr., his analysis of the greystone lava of Calabria, ii. 95. His analysis of basalt of Staffa, 95.
Kent's Hole, Torquay, animal remains found in, i. 314.
Keuper, of the Triassic system, i. 203.
Keyserling, M., his geological labours, i. 200.
Killas of the rocks of Cornwall, ii. 104.
Kimmeridge clay, fossil deposits in, i. 92. Where found, 227.
King, Mr., his tables of British Fauna, i.201.
King's Bath spring, analysis of the water of, ii. 255.
Kirauea, crater of, ii. 232.
Kirby Lonsdale, position of strata near, i. 39.
Kirkdale cave, composition of the rock in which it is situated, i. 310. How discovered, 314. Its description, 314. Remains of hyænas and other animals found in, 315.
Kitzpuhl in the Tyrol, the deepest mine in the world, i. 18.
Klaproth, M., his analysis of the basalt of Hasenberg, ii. 95.
Knottingley, limestones of, i. 197.
Krabla, first eruption of, ii. 219.
Kupferberg, mineral veins of, ii. 170.
Kupffer, reference to his tables of the temperature of mineral springs, ii. 253.
Kyson, red crag at, remains of quadrumana in, i. 10O.
