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INDEX

  1. Abrolhos Bank, 58, 145
    Abyssinia, 59, 64, 168
  2. Ægean Sea, 171
  3. Africa, 1–2, 5, 18, 74, 82, 205
  4. Airy, Sir G., 23–4, 37, 121
  5. Akdar Mountains, 64
  6. Alaska-Siberia bridge, 74, 77–8
  7. Albert-Edward, Lake, 167
  8. Aleutian Islands, 96, 180, 205
  9. Algonkian folding, 55–6
  10. Alkaline rocks in Brazil and Africa, 45–6
  11. Alnöite, 45–6
  12. Alpine erosion, 161
  13. — peaks, level of, 130
  14. — ‘radiolarite,’ 20
  15. Alps, 4
  16. —, compression, 12
  17. Altaides, Transatlantic, 53
  18. Alteration of latitude in Germany, 109
  19. — — — of observatories, 118
  20. Altitudes, frequency, 28–31
  21. Amazon, River, 49
  22. Ami, H. M., 80
  23. Ampferer, O., 14, 157
  24. Andaman Islands, 187
  25. Andean folding, 3, 65, 72
  26. Andersson, G., 104
  27. Andes, 3, 164
  28. Andrée, K., 14, 21, 40, 54, 61, 88, 158
  29. Angenheister, G., 34–5
  30. Angola, 46
  31. Ankober, 168
  32. Annam, 64
  33. Anno Bom, 59
  34. Annual rings, 90
  35. Antarctica, 18, 65, 70, 74, 76–7, 84, 86–8, 179, 188
  36. Antarctic Andes, 70
  37. Antilles, 4, 180–1, 188, 192
  38. Appalachian Mountains, 53
  39. Arabia, 64
  40. Arakan, 187
  41. Aravali Mountains, 62
  42. Arber, E. A. N., 101, 149
  43. Archæan, 58
  44. Arching pressure, 16
  45. Ardennes, 54
  46. Argentine, 43, 46, 89
  47. Arid zones, 105–6
  48. Arldt, T., 18, 73, 77–81, 85, 88, 94, 106, 151, 155
  49. Armorican folding, 52, 56
  50. Ash tree, 92
  51. Asturian Eddy, 53
  52. Atacama Deep, 144
  53. Atlantic lavas, 140, 188; Ocean, 1, 140
  54. Atlas Mountains, 51
  55. Augite-andesite, 36
  56. Australia-East Antarctic bridge, 74
  57. — faunas, 85–9; coal, 101; pole, 99, 205
  58. Australian Cordilleras, 65
  59. Auvergne, 105
  60. Axis, displacement of earth’s, 93, 122–7
  61. Azores, 52
  62. Baden, coal, 105
    Baikal, Lake, 63, 65
  63. Bali, 88
  64. Baltoro glacier, 161
  65. Banda Islands, 68
  66. Barus, C., 134
  67. Basalt, 36, 57, 63, 65, 133
  68. —, sheets of Deccan, 63
  69. Bass Straits, 70, 171
  70. Becke, F., 188
  71. Beech tree, 92
  72. Belgium, coal, 80
  73. Belle Isle, Straits of, 55, 57, 60
  74. Berbera, 168
  75. Bergeat, 139
  76. Bering Straits, 19, 77, 78
  77. Bertrand, C. E., 12, 53, 80
  78. Biafra, Bay of, 83
  79. Biological Arguments, 73–89
  80. Biscay, Bay of, 53
  81. Blocks, thickness of, 36–40
  82. Börgen, 115
  83. Borrass, 159
  84. Böse, E., 15, 185
  85. Boulder clay, 91
  86. Brandberg granite, 46
  87. Brazil, 1, 45–50, 83
  88. Brazilian Complex, 45
  89. Brenner, coal, 105
  90. Bresslau, E., 86
  91. Bridging-continents, 17–21, 26–7, 73–89
  92. Brittany, 53
  93. Brouwer, H. A., 45–7, 68, 155–6
  94. Buenos Aires, Sierras of, 43
  95. Bunsen, R., 36
  96. Burckhardt, 74, 87–8
  97. Burma, 64
  98. Burmeister, F., 116
  99. Buru, 68
  100. Buschmann, J. O., 105
  101. Bushveld Igneous Complex, 46
  102. Cable soundings, 39
    Cabo Frio, 46
  103. Calamites, 92, 102
  104. Caledonian folding, 54, 56
  105. California, 184–6
  106. Calluna vulgaris, 81
  107. Cambrian, 58, 74–5
  108. Cameroons, 42, 48, 59
  109. Canadian folds, 54
  110. Canary Islands, 52, 175, 193
  111. Cape Mountains, 43
  112. Cape Cross, 46
  113. — Farewell, 117
  114. — Horn, 66
  115. — King William, 69
  116. — San Roque, 1, 42
  117. — Verde Islands, 52, 193
  118. Carboniferous, 2, 6–7, 52, 57–8, 74–80, 96–7, 99–110, 124–7, 205
  119. — coal, 101–5
  120. — equator, 101–5
  121. Cauliflorescence, 102

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