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INDEX. A. Amies Field,near Broseley, coal-shaft section, 478. Ammonites, vertical range of, in the upper lias Aconcagua, notice of the eruption of, Jan. 18S9, and marlstone of Yorkshire limited, 216. 611. Annagh mine, near Castlemaine, account of, 64. Actinoceras, a genus of Orthocerata, described, Antigua, remarks on a specimen of fossil wood 705. from, 208, 209. Simmsii, observations respecting a Antrim, on the geological structure of the north coral attached to the surface of, 710. eastern part of, 69. Aiken, Arthur, Esq., remarks by, on a piece of physical features and heights of the bog-wood containing small particles of metallic principal mountains, 69. copper, 214. description of the formations :— Aire, notice of the partially petrified wood and mica-slate, hornblende- nuts of the valley of the, 210. slate, granite, &c, 70. Akserai, structure of the country near, 587. — old red sandstone, 71. Alajahscheher, observations on the country near, porphyry, 73. 592. • carboniferous series, Allen Bank, remarks on a specimen of calcareous 74. fossil wood from, 208,209. —• new red sandstone, 75. Allesley, near Coventry, observations on the lias, 77. beds containing silicified stems of trees, 347. • green sand or mulatto, n • remarks on specimens of fossil woods 78. from, 214. chalk, 79. Allihies, notice of the copper mines of, 27. —— trap, 81. Alluvial accumulations, notices of, in the St. •' •• syenite veins which Lawrence, 90, 96,100. traverse mica-slate and chalk to the south of —— comparison of, with the Fair Head, 179. tertiary accumulations, 96. Ardleigh, section of London clay near, 369. , notices of, in Cutch, Argillaceous limestone and schist, description of, 304. in the eastern portion of the basaltic district . • in the Bermudas con of India, 539, 553, 555, 557. fined to marshes, 108. .i remarks on the Alum shale, or upper lias, subdivisions of, on relative age of, 568. the coast of Yorkshire, 215, 225, 237. Armoy, notices of formations near, 70, 71,78,80. —— distribution of fossils in, 219, 225, Ashburton limestone, account of, 630, 652 note* 238. Ashow, section of Warwick sandstone, south-east Alum works, account of near Mburr, 295, of, 344. VOL. T.—SECOND SERIES. 5 A 724 INDEX. Asia Minor, description of, between Kodj-hissar Ballydehob mine, notice of, 26. and Caesarea of Cappadocia, 583, 590. Ballyhicky, notice of lead mine of, 66 note. Askeaton, notice of a metalliferous bed north of, Baltic Boulder Formation, description of, 244. 65. —. - inferences deduced from a section Aspal, section of well at, 37 7. of, on the right bank of the Elbe, 245. Asterias, notice of portions of, found in a well at Bangnapilly, remarks on the diamond mines, and Hampstead, 132. vicinity of, 541. Atlas and axis of the Ichthyosaurus, on the Barnstaple Bay, description of a raised beach in, structure of, 187. by Professor Sedgwick and Mr. Murchison, always 279. anchylosed, 187. observations on the beach by Audley mines, description of, 26. the Rev. D. Williams, 287. Austen, R. A. C. Esq., band of culm-<meawires Barnstaple slates or fifth group of North Devon, between the Ashburton limestone and: granite, range of described, 643. discovered by, 652 note, 689. —— '•• •• placed on a parallel with the Avon Mouth, notice of a false stripe in the slate Petherwin group, 694. rocks near, 655, 658. f •""'•• remarks on the fossils of, 694. the strata near, 658. Barrow, depth of diluvial clay at, 376. Axes of the ridges composing the Cordillera of Barton, notice of corals found in the limestone of, the Andes, constituted of rocks which are to 697. be met with only in the valleys, 627. Basalt, alternations of, in Cutch, with sedimentary Axis of mountain chains, observations respecting, formations, 312. 619. ' •••- calcareous grit, 313. B. ••"•• J. <• travertin, 314. Babbacombe Bay, arenaceous beds of, resemble of the < CaaUwook»dale'»fi«ld, described, old red sandstone, 651. 449. Babbacombe limestone, identified with that of notice of, in the Brown Glee Hill, 126. Newton Bushel and Torbay, 652. Basaltic district of India, oa the fossils of the Bacalao Head, outburst of a submarine volcano eastern portion of, 537. off, Feb. 1835, 602. rocks of western and central India, de Back, Capt. R.N., notice of Orthocerata obtained scription of, 537 et seq. by, 704. eb- Baculite, observations on its having probably servation on the age of, 565. been an internal shell, 709. , ,, more Baggy Point, description of the raised beach near, recent than the stratified rocks of the country, 279. 565. — . •'•-) notices of the older strata near, 642, Bath oolite, beds containing fossil plants stated 643, 648. to form upper part of, on the Yorkshire coast, Bahamas, notice of, 121. 234. Balingdon, section at, 375. «— characters of, on the coast of York Ballybunrrian,,notices respecting, the geology of, shire, 231. 40, 46. distribution of fossils in, 232, 238. Bally castle, notices of the formations near, 71, ——— sections of at Cloughton Wyke, 74, 79. White Nab and Cayton Bay, 237. INDEX. 725 Batrachian animals, notice of the tracks of, 339. Bermudas, organics, account of, 111, 115. Bay of Chaleur, structure of part of the coast, chalk, or chalky ground of, derived 102. from decayed Zoophytes, 114. Bayfield, Capt. R.N., notes on the geology of •• reefs, sketches of, 116. the north coast of the St. Lawrence, 89. diluvial agency, external evidences of, notice of an Ormoceras 117. found by, 706. internal evidences of, Beauport near Quebec, notice of beds containing 118. recent marine shells at, 96. description of the pinnacles in the, —.. *—p- water of the St. Law 120. rence perfectly fresh thirty miles below Beau- water, depth of wells, 120. port, 96 note. building materials, 121. Beck, Dr., observations of, respecting the Faxoe concluding remarks, 121. fossils, 250 and note. Berry Head, description of a section from, to Beech, account of a piece of, partly petrified by Start Point, 659. carbonate of lime, 207, 209. limestone, belongs to the highest further notice of, 213. strata of the older formations on the south observations on, by Mr. R. Brown, 213. east of Dartmoor, 650. Belfast Lough, remarks on the petrified calcareous • . notices of, 652. nuts of, 210. Bideford, account of the culm bands near, 680. Bell, Dr. Charles, geological notes by, on part of —. of the plants Mazunderan, 577. associated with, 681. Belstead, section of well at, 380. Bideford Bay, description of a raised beach in, Bentley Hall, section of well at, 381. 279, 287. Berkswell, description of a variety of red sand Bircham Hill, old red forced up through the stone at, 348. limestone at, 197. Bermuda, or Main Island, description of, 107. Birds, on fossil bones of, discovered in the strata Bermudas, on the geology of the, 103. of Tilgate Forest, 175. • >•• • form of the group and number of Bisehoff, Professor, remarks on his theory of islets, 103. volcanos, 608 note, 609 note. highest point above the level of the Bishop's Hill, section at, 382. sea, 104. Blakenham magna, section of well at, 379. •• composed of calcareous rocks, 104. parva, section of well at, 379. strata generally saddle-shaped, 104. Blackpots, notice of superficial deposits contain bottom of the basin consists of cal ing fossils from the lias, and recent shells careous sand and chalky ground, 104. found at, 146. • soundings outside the reef not so Black-rock, Cork, list of fossils found in the, rapid as in the Pacific cowl reefe, 105. 21. geological details of the principal Blankenese Point, notice of the cliffs from, to islands, 106 et seq. Schulau, 244. account of caverns, 108, 112, 118. Blue Wick, section of the lower carboniferous ———— alluvial deposits, confined to marshes, series at, 237. 108. — inferior oolite, 237. «— encroachments of land on sea, 109; Boase, Dr., reference to his observations on 1- sea on land, 109. joints in the-granite of Cornwall, 68&. • sand, 109. Bognor Rocks, list of fossifc found m, 262. 5 2 726 INDEX. Bolt Head, description of a section from the Bury, sections of wells near, 376. Plymouth limestone to, 656. Bonmahon river, notice of mineral veins near C. the, 24. Boscastle, description of the culm measures near, Caesarea of Cappadocia, description of the 671 and note. country between, and Kodj-hissar, 590. Bostock, Dr., notice of the analysis of a mineral description of the water from the Island of St. Paul, 261. country near, 595. Boulder formation of Mpen, described, 252. Cahir-conree mountains, notices of, 8, 36. Boussingault, M., remarks on his observations Calcareous concretions, notice of, in the sand of respecting earthquakes, 607 note, 623, 626 the Bermudas, 110. note. Calcareous grit, description of some remarkable Bovisand Bay, description of the strata near, dikes of, at Ethie, 599. 657. Calcareous shale and grit, description of, in Brachyurus rugosus (Schlotheim) not uncommon Sligo, 156. in the Faxoe limestone, 251. section of, at Ross, Bradfield, section of well at, 375. 156. Bramford, sections at, 380. at Moyne, Branchiae, account of, belonging to a fossil ma- 157. crourous decapod, 173. Calcareous slates of Cornwall, notices of, 664. Breakback Hill, section of the new red system North Devon, range of, 641, of, 341. ——— Padstow, remarks on pecu Bridport, description of fossil Ophiurae found liarities in the structure of, 655. near, 173. Caldpleugh, Mr., notices of his accounts of earth Broad-ledge, Lyme Regis, notice of fossils found quakes in South America, 602, 605, 611 note. on, 173. Canon Leigh, account of alimestone quarry at, 675. Broderip, W. J. Esq., description of some fossil Cape Gaspe, structure of the country near, 102. Crustacea and Radiata by, 171. Cape Whittle, Gulf of St. Lawrence, structure of Bromsgrove, descriptions of the strata near, the coast near, 99. 341, 342. Caple St. Mary, section of well at, 381.