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THE ORIGIN OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS
- Cayeux, L., 20
- Cedar Berge, 44
- Celebes, 69
- Cestodæ, 87
- Ceylon, 4, 86
- Chalk, 20
- Chemnitz, coal, 105
- Chestnut, 92
- Chihli, coal, 104
- China, coal, 104
- Clairaut, 202
- Clarke, 148
- Climate, evidences of, 90–111
- Cloos, H., 99, 136
- Coal, 91, 101–6
- Coast, types of, 188
- Coats Land, 70
- Coefficient of expansion of rocks, 12
- — of viscosity, 128
- Colberg, L., 8, 94–5
- Coleman, A. P., 47
- Compensation, 36, 161
- —, depth of, 36
- Compression, amount of, 12, 157
- Congo Channel, 178
- Continental blocks, 1–4, 15, 32, 36–7, 143, 146–8, 170–7, 195–6
- — margin, 173–89
- Contour statistics, 28
- Contraction theory, 11
- Copeland, 115
- Corals, 91, 106
- Cordilleras, Australian, 65
- —, Graham Land, 70
- Cretaceous, 2–3, 18, 45, 51, 66, 74–80, 92, 109–10
- Critical pressure of water, 138
- Cross, Whitman, 38
- Currents in Sima, 141–5
- Czuchov, borehole, 134
- Dacqué, E., 20, 55, 94, 96, 113
Damaraland, 46 - Dana, J. D., 11
- Danmarkshafen, 115
- Darling Range, 65
- Darwin, G. H., 9
- Davis, W. M., 94
- Dawson, Sir W., 80
- Day, A. L., 134
- Deccan, basalt sheets of, 63
- Deep-sea basins, origin of, 150
- — sand, 61
- — sediments, 140
- Depth of compensation, 36
- — of oceans, 139–41
- Devonian, 43, 52, 54, 57–8, 74–8, 87, 107–10, 124–5
- Diabase, 134
- Diamonds, 46, 62
- Didelphyidæ, 87
- Diener, C., 19, 74, 78, 82, 88
- Dingo, 88
- Displacement, amount of, 114
- Displacing forces, 190–205
- Doelter, C., 134, 136
- Dolerite, 46
- Drakensberg, 47
- Drake Straits, 71, 76
- Dredged samples, 35
- Drowned river-valleys (?), 177–8
- Drude, O., 84
- Drygalski, E., 61
- Dutton, 23
- Dwyka, see Permo-Carboniferous glaciation
- Ear-seals, 78
Earth, cause of heat of, 13 - —, figure of, 202
- —, magnetism of, 32
- —, section through, 148
- Ear-seals, temperatures in the, 13, 134—6
- Earth-worms, 78—9, 81, 86—7, 91
- Earthquake waves, velocity of, 33—5, 128
- East Africa, rift-valleys, 64, 166—172
- East Antarctica, 74, 188
- Easton, W., 68—9
- Ecca Beds, 4
- Echelon, folds in, 165—6, 100
- Echidna, 87
- Eckhardt, 94, 151
- Elm, 92
- England, coal, 80
- Engler, 83
- Eocene, map of world in, 6—7, and see Tertiary
- Eötvös, 194
- Epilophic sediments, 140
- Epochs, age of geological, 112—3
- Epstein, P. S., 196—7
- Equilibrium in crust, 22, and see Isostasy
- Erongo granite, 46
- Erosion, 161
- Euler, 122, 128
- Europe-North America bridge, 18, 74—82
- Evans, Sir J., 8, 94
- —, J. W., vii—xii, 50
- Expansion of rocks, coefficient of, 12
- — theory of mountains, 157—8
- Falkland Islands, Permo-carboniferous glaciation, 96, 101
Faroe Islands, 57 - Faye, 23
- Fernando Po, 59
- Ferns, tree-, 92, 101—2; climbing, 102
- Festoons of islands, 3—4, 143, 155, 178—84, 192
- Fiji Islands, 142—3
- Fiords, formation of, 177
- Fir trees, 92
- Fisher, O., 23
- Flattening at poles, 123—4
- Flat-worms, 86
- Florida, 4, 192
- Flows of sima, 141—5
- Fluidity, 129—34
- Folded Mountains, absence of in deep sea, 40
- Folds, 12, 107, 157—66
- — in echelon, 165—6, 180
- Forces, displacing, 190—205
- Foredeep, 162
- Fosse de Cap Breton, 178
- Fram, 173
- Frech, F., 75, 102, 104
- Frequency of different levels, 28—31
- Friedlaender, J., 33, 135
- Fritz, 75
- Fundamental Complex (South-west Africa), 45
- Fusion of granite, 136
- Gagel C., 52, 69, 175
Galle, 117 - Gangamopteris, 99
- Garden-snails, 81
- Gauss, 30
- Gauszberg, 70
- Geer, G. de, 22, 112—13
- Geiger, L., 128
- Gentil, L., 51
- Geographical homologies, 9
- Geological arguments, 42—72
- Geophysical arguments, 28—41
- Geoplanidæ, 86
- Geosynclinals, 154, 164
- Geothermal gradient, 33, 134—7
- Germany, alteration of latitude of, 109
- Gerth, H., 99, 107
- Gilbert, G. K., 38
- Ginkgo, 92
- Glacial Period, 18, 55, 109—13
- Glaciers, movement of, 132
- Glossopteris flora, 82, 85, 98—101
