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1. Sulaiman Mountains, 64
2. Sumatra, 64, 69, 187
3. Sunda Islands, 67–8, 89, 93
4. Surfaces of discontinuity, 129
5. Svakopmund, 46
6. Swamp-cypress, 92
7. Swaziland System, 45
8. Szechwan, coal, 104
9. Tabular icebergs, 31
   Tallow, 133
10. Tams, E., 33–5, 186
11. Tanganyika, Lake, 167–9
12. Tapering by continents southwards, 172
13. Tapir, 93
14. Tasmania, 89
15. —, Pleistocene snow-line, 111
16. Taylor, F. B., 9, 94, 190
17. Taxodium, 92
18. Tear-fault, see lateral displacement.
19. Tectonic map of South America, 50
20. — — of West Africa, 48
21. Temperature in interior of earth, 12–4, 134–6
22. Termier, P., 54
23. Terminal moraines, 55, 110
24. Terrestrial Magnetism, 32–3
25. Tertiary, including Palæocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene, 2–3, 13, 18, 51–2, 60, 62–3, 66, 70–2, 74–82, 92–4, 109–10, 113, 205
26. Thar Desert, 62
27. Thickness of continental blocks, 36–8
28. Thompson, Sir W., see Kelvin, Lord.
29. Thrusts, see Overthrusts.
30. Tibet, 63
31. Tidal friction, 200
32. Tides in the earth, 128
33. Tienshan System, 63
34. Tierra del Fuego, 4, 71, 84, 89
35. Tierra del Fuego-West Antarctica bridge, 74
36. Tillite, 47
37. Tilmann, N., 54
38. Time, lapse of geological, 112–14
39. Times of transit of earthquake waves, 33–5
40. Timor, 68
41. Togoland, 96
42. Toit, A. L. du, 47
43. Tonga Deep, 145
44. — ridge, 143
45. Trabert, 28–9
46. Transatlantic Altaides, 53
47. — longitude determinations, 114–18
48. Transgressions of the sea, 124–7, 203
49. Transit of earthquake waves, times of, 33–5
50. Transvaal, 46
51. Tree-ferns, 92, 101
52. Trees, limit of, 90, 100
53. Trend lines in Brazil and Africa, 48–9
54. Trias, 62, 74–9, 82, 109–10
55. Triaxial ellipsoid, 202
56. Trigonia, 78
57. Triulzi, 171
58. Tundra-flora, 90, 100
59. Ubisch, L., 20, 78, 80
    Uhlig, V., 75, 167
60. United States, coal, 80, 105–6
61. Upper Carboniferous, map of, 6–7
62. Upper Silesia, coal, 80, 105
63. Uruguay, 46
64. Valdivia Expedition, 61
    Validity of theory, probability of, 56
65. Vellakonda Mountains, 62
66. Victoria Land, 70
67. — Nyanza, Lake, 168
68. Viscosity, coefficient of, 128–9
69. — of the earth, 120–37
70. Vogt, J. H. L., 134
71. Volcanoes, 59, 153–6
72. Vulcanicity of festoons, 155–6
73. Vulcano, 139
74. Vuuren, L. van, 68
75. Waagen, L., 98, 125
    Wagner, H., 28–9
76. Walcott, C. D., 80
77. Wallace, A. R., 85, 87–8
78. Walnut, 92
79. Walther, J., 94, 151
80. Wanner, B., 69
81. Warming, 82
82. Washington observatory, 118
83. Water-lilies, 92
84. Wax, 133
85. West Antarctica, 70, 179, 188
86. Westward drift of continents, 191–3, 199–202
87. Wetter, 68
88. Wettstein, H., 8, 200
89. Whitman Cross, 38
90. Wiechert, 129
91. Wilckens, O., 66, 70, 77
92. Wilde, H., 32–3
93. Willis, B., 21, 26, 75, 176
94. Windhausen, A., 51
95. Wittich, E., 185
96. Wolft, H., 13
97. Woodworth, J. B., 47
98. Yap Deep, 144
    Yew tree, 92
99. Yokoyama, M., 94
100. Zawadowski Island, 72
     Zones of Earth’s interior, 129, 148
101. Zschokke, 86
102. Zwarte Berge, 43

 

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