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THE ORIGIN OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS
- Lissner, H., 159
- Löffelholz von Colberg, 8, 94–5
- Lombok, 88
- Longitude, difference Europe-North America, 117–18
- — — Greenland-Europe, 114–7
- Loukaschewitsch, 130
- Lower Nubian Sandstone, 108
- Lozinski, W., 155
- Lüderitzland, 46
- Lugeon, M., 12
- Lyell, C., 16, 21
- Macassar, Straits of, 88
Madagascar, 18, 62–4, 86, 142, 188 - Madeira, 52
- Magma reservoirs, 153
- Magnetism, 32–3
- Magnolia, 92
- Malacca, 64
- Malmesbury System, 45
- Manatus, 83–4
- Manchuria, coal, 104
- Maorian mountains chains, 66
- Maple, 92
- Marginal chains, movements, 184–6
- Marshall Islands, 179
- Marsupials, 86
- Mass-defect, 160
- Massowa, 168
- Matsap Beds, 47
- Matthew, W. D., 75
- Matto Grosso Province, 46
- Maxwell, J. C., 132–3
- Meissner, O., 188
- Melting-point of rocks, 134–7
- Melville Island, plant remains, 104
- Mendoza Province, 43
- Meridional rifts, 172, 193
- Mesosauridæ, 82, 107
- Meyer, O. E., 167
- Michael, 134
- Michaelson, W., 78–9, 86
- Mid-Atlantic, submarine bank, 61
- Milaggo, 139
- Milankovitch, 112
- Milan observatory, 118
- Minas Geraes Province, 45
- — Series, 45
- Miocene, see Tertiary
- Mohn, 24
- Molengraaff, G. A. F., 67–9
- Mönch tunnel, 134
- Mongolia, 63
- Monotremata, 86
- Moraines, terminal, 55
- Moscow, coal, 105
- Mountain-building, 3, 12, 157–8, 197, 199
- Mountain peaks, common level in Alps, 130
- Mozambique Channel, 62
- Mylius-Erichsen, L., 114–5
- Nanshan, River, coal, 104
Naples observatory, 118 - Nappes, see Sheet folding.
- Nathorst, A. G., 82, 94
- Nautilus, 78
- Nellore, Ghats of, 62
- Neumayr, M., 75, 94, 167
- Neunkirchen, Devonian coal, 108
- Neu-Pommern = New Britain, 68–9, 143–4
- New Britain, 68–9, 143–4
- Newcomb, 128
- Newfoundland, 2, 53, 57, 60
- — Bank, 42, 53, 60
- New Guinea, 67–9, 77, 143
- — —, depth chart of, 67
- — Hebrides, 143
- — York State, 57
- — Zealand, 66, 70, 77, 86, 111, 143
- Nicobar Islands, 187
- Nife, 146, 148
- Niger River, 48
- — —, estuary of, 59
- Nippoldt, A., 32
- North America-South America bridge, 74, 77
- North America, coal, 80, 105–6
- Norway, 57
- Nova Scotia, 53
- Nyassa, Lake, 167
- Oak, 92
Oblateness of the earth, 123–4 - Observatories, alteration of latitude of, 118–9
- Obst, E., 168
- Ocean deeps, 144, 179, 181
- —, floor of, 4, 138
- —, — —, smoothness of, 38
- Oceans, depths of, 139–41
- —, origin of, 150–1
- Oldham, R. D., 94
- Old Red Sandstone, 57, 107
- Oligocene, see Tertiary
- Omori, F., 34
- Opossum, 87
- Orange River, 47
- Ordovician, 58
- Orleans Conglomerate, 47
- Ortmann, A. E., 75
- Osborn, H. F., 75
- Oscillations of poles, 122–8
- “Otago saddle,” 70
- Overfolding or sheet-folding, 12, 166
- Overthrusts, 12, 63, 166
- Pacific lavas, 140, 188; Ocean, 3, 9, 151–2
Palæocene, see Tertiary - Palæoclimatic arguments, 90–111
- Palæontological arguments, 73–89
- Palms, 90, 92
- Panama bridge, 74, 77
- Pangæa, 192
- Panthalassa, 149
- Paraguay, 46
- Parana Province, 46
- — River, 49
- Paris observatory, 118
- Paruschowitz, borehole, 134
- Passarge, S., 51, 107
- Patagonia, 51, 70
- Pearl-mussel, 81
- Peat-bogs, 101
- Penck, A., 21, 40, 54, 97, 111–12, 130, 149
- —, W., 158, 188
- Pendulation theory, 95
- Perameles, 87
- Perch, 81
- Periods of time, 112–14
- Peripheral magma reservoirs, 153
- Perlewitz, P., 144
- Permanence doctrine, 20–7
- Permian, 45, 74–9, 82, 97, 99, 105–7, 109–10, 205
- Permo-Carboniferous, see Karroo.
- — glaciation, 43–4, 47, 72, 96–9, 101
- Peter the Great Mountains, 63
- Pfeffer, G., 18, 36
- Pheretima, 88
- Pickering, W. H., 9
- Pilandsberg, 46
- Pine, 92
- Pitch, 132
- Plane tree, 92
- Pleistocene, see Quaternary
- Pliocene, see Tertiary
- Poços de Caldas, 46
- Point Arena, 186
- Polar flattening, 123–4
- Poles, displacement of, 120, 122–3, 203–5
- —, drift from, 3, 67, 190–1
- —, — —, force of, 194–9
