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Index Page numbers in italics refer to Tables or Figures Abbeville 84, 86, 90 Ballantrae complex 210, 216-17 Adams, Charles Francis 36 Banda arc 208 Agassiz, Louis 117, 108, 156, 179 baronetcy 35 BA visit 147-8 Barrovian metamorphism 207, 208 field work in Scotland 148 Bartley Lodge 21 Geological Society presentation 153 basin analysis 106 propounds glacial theory 145-6 Basterot, Barthrlmy de 116 Airy, George Biddell 166 Bay of Islands ophiolite 216, 217, 218 Albert Prince Consort 35 Bayo, Joaqufn Exquerra de146 Aletsch glacier 34 beach ridges 78 Alleghanian orogeny 275 Bellewstown Terrane 228 alluvial plains 103 Beaulieu, Charles Le Hardy de 46 Alps 22, 27 Beck, Heinrich 118 Amazonia 211-12 Becquerel, Henri 126 America Belgium 22, 33 Joggins (Nova Scotia) 61, 64, 243,244-50, 255-6 field work 90 Lyell's field sketches 245, 251,262,265 reception of Lyell's ideas 46 lecture tour 54-5, 115 Ben Vuirich granite 210 New York State 74-7 Bergman, Torbem 116 Niagara 18, 57, 59, 78-9 Beyrich, Heinrich Ernst 117 other travels 56, 254 Bianconi, Giovanni Giuseppe 47 Annieopsquotch Accretionary Tract 215, 221-2, 225, Biblical flood records 5, 7, 138 226 Big Bone Lick 59 antediluvial man, theory of 84-92 birth date 21 Antiqui~ of Man, The Geological Evidences of the 33, birth place 21 115, 136 Bischof, Gustav 44 glacial theory commentary 157 Bismarck Range 207, 208 researches 84-92 Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotry de 116 translations 39, 47, 48 Boil Mountain Ophiolite Complex 221,227 Appalachian Mountains 74 Bonelli. Franco Andrea 24, 116 Appalachian-British Caledonide Belt Bostock, Robert 193 correlatives 221-2, 227-30 Bothnia, Gulf of 62 elements established 209-13, 205 Boucher de Perthes, Jacques 86 features 204-9 Bour, Ami 40, 41 Arago, Dominique Franqios Jean 44 Boulder Formation 146, 154, 157 Archaeopteryx 136 Bray Group 229 Arduino, Giovanni 111, 115, 116, 138 Brazilide Ocean 212 Arran, Isle of 27 brine pools 107 Asia-Australia collision model 201-9 British Association for the Advancement of Science 147, Athenaeum membership 3 191 Australia-Asia collision model 201-9 British Caledonian see Appalachian-British Caledonian Austria 34 Belt Avalonia and Avalon Zone 212, 229 Brixham Cave (Torquay) 33, 86 Brocchi, Giovanni-Battista 6, 8. 116 Brongniart, Adolphe Throdore 112 Bad Kissingen 34 Brongniart, Alexandre 5, 23, 115, 116 Badger Group 225 Brongniart, Throdore 117 Baggs Hill Pluton 225 Brtinn, Heinrich Georg 111,116, 119, 120, 134-5 Baie Verte Line 214 Bronson Hill Arc 227 Baie Verte Oceanic Tract 214, 215 brother of Lyell 21-22 correlative strata 21 6-17 Brown, Richard 263, 264 tectonic model 217-21 Buch, Leopold von 27, 28, 116 369 370 INDEX Buchans Group 214 North American studies 59, 60 Buckland, William 116 Cocchi. Igino 47 field work 5, 148, 151 Coedana Complex 212 Geological Society sponsor 3 conservation projects 367 on glacial theory 145, 146, 147. 148 Conybeare. William Daniel 112, 116, 156 influence on Lyell 3, 5, 7, 112, 138, 148 cooling earth theory 7, 34, 141 role in Oxford tradition 5, 84 Copley Medal 31 Buffon, George Louis LeClerc de 4, 116. 138 COSPEC 343 Bunbury, Charles 28 Cotta, Bernhard yon 42, 43 butterflies, Lyell's interests in 21-2 Cottrell's Cove Group 214 Crabb Brook Group 216 Crag studies 102, 106, 118 513C cycles 311 craters of elevation theory 27, 28, 30, 31, 36, 40 Cahore Group 229 Croil, James 108, 141, 162, 165-8 Calabria earthquakes 350, 352 cross stratification 100, 101,103 Caledonian see Appalachian-British Caledonide Belt Cullenstown Group 229 Canary Islands 28 Cumberland Group 275,276 Canso Group 271 Cuvier. Leopold Christian Friedrich Dagobert Georges Cape Ray granodiorite 219 Baron de 4, 23, 84, 111, 116, 133, 138 Capellini, Giovanni 47 Cypris 23, 24 Carboniferous Period North American studies 59, 60, 61 Dalradian Supergroup 210 proxy environmental data 252-4 Darwin, Charles 35, 112, 117, 126, 135, 140 on ice ages see also Nova Scotia 166-7 cartoons by De la Beche 11,105 theory of natural selection 33, 34, 35, 36, 88, 135-6 catastrophic flooding 105, 17 I, 172 Dawson, Sir John William 36, 61, 64, 246, 247, 264, catastrophists and catastrophism 4-5, 7, 10, 57, 89, 113, 264, 278 177, 180 D'Entrecasteux complex 209 caves in salt 332 De la Beche, Henry Thomas 11, 111, 134, 139, 189-90 Cetta, Alberto 47 cartoons 11,105 Chair of Geology vii, 113 De Rance. Charles 190, 191-3 Chalk delta sedimentation 105--6 hydrogeological map 190, 191 delta studies 22, 60, 64 role in London water supply 187 deluge see catastrophic flooding springs 183 Dendrerpeton acadianum 246 Chamonix 22 Deshayes. G~rard Paul 9, 41, 111, 113, 115, 116, 118, Chanceport Group 214 127 Channelled Scablands 171, 172 Desmarest, Nicholas 116 Chara marl 23 Desnoyes, Jules Pierre Francois Stanislaus 84, 112, 113. charcoal in coal seams 250--4, 253 116, 117, 125 Charlesworth, Edward 117, 118 Desor. Edouard 117 Charpentier, Johan von 116 Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft membership 44 Cheirotherium 57, 61 d'Halloy, Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius 116, 127, 138 Christiana (Norway) 27 diapir development 315 Church of England establishment views 5 diluvium and diluvialism 5, 89 Civil War (American) 36 directionality theory 7, 8, 10. 13 Clew Bay Complex 217 Dog Bay Line 228 Clifden steep belt 208 Dolomieu. Drodat Gratet Count de (Dieudonn6 Sylvain climate change 7, 18, 107-8 Guy Tancrrde de) 116. 350 18th century perspective 162 d'Orbigny. Alcide Charles Victor Dessalines 112, 117 effects of volcanic eruptions 336 drift Lyeli's perspective 162-4 term introduced 146-7 problems of recording 161-2 theory of origin 57, 61-4 reducing impacts of 366 Dufrrnoy, Armand 27 research programme 364 Duncannon Group 229 role in extinction 58 Dunnage Accretionary Complex 226 role in glacial epochs 165-8 Dunnage Zone 213 role of weathering 365 Clutterbuck, James 187, 193 coal and coal-bearing strata 282 earth structure 356-8, 359 associated flora/fauna 244-50 earthquakes charcoal 250-4 associated ground shaking 352-3 Lyell's views on origins 243-4 causes 350-2 modem analogues 254-5 deep focus features 354-5 INDEX 371 global distribution 353-4 Austria 34 Hutton on 349 Belgium 33, 90 Lyell on 350 Brixham cave 33, 86 prediction 355-6 Canary Islands 28 East Anglia France crag studies 102, 106, 118 Abbeville 33, 90 Hoxne 90 Auvergne 6, 24 studies in Norfolk 146, 154, 157 Paris Basin 5, 23 Eaton, Amos 71, 72 Germany 34. 90 Eatonian era 71 Rhine Valley 18 Ebel, John Gottfried 116 Hoxne 90 Edinburgh Review 6 Italy 22, 24, 30 education 21-2 Madeira 28, 29 Elements of Geology Mediterranean 98 editions 33, 65 Norfolk 146, 154, 157 frontispiece 12 North America 59-61,254 origin of coal discussed 244 New York State 74-7 publication 12, 139-40 Nova Scotia 61, 64, 243,244, 245 reviews 113-15 Niagara 18.78-9 translations 39, 45, 124 Norway 27 unauthorized publication 53 Oxford region 5 written style 4 Scotland 5, 22, 34, 148-9 l~lie de Beaumont, Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Lronce Sicily 6, 10, 24-5, 30-1, 133 27, 40, 111, 116, 127 Sweden 62 Engis Cave 90 Switzerland 22, 27, 34 environmental change 363 Fingal's Cave 22 driving forces 363-4 Finistere Range 208 impacts of 365 fire see wildfire mitigation of 366-7 Fitton, William Henry 112, 113, 116 Eocene 10, 113, 118-19 Fleming. John 112 erratics 61 Fletcher, Hugh 266 Esmark, Jens 145, 147 Fleur de Lys Supergroup 210, 214, 216 estuarine sedimentation 106 Flood, The 5, 7, 138 Etna 10, 24, 25, 27-8, 30 flood features 171, 172 activity levels 337 fluid flow theories 99-100 monitoring programme 344-5 fluvial sedimentation 103-6 COSPEC 343 footprints (trace fossils) 57, 58, 60-1,246, 246 gas geochemistry 342-3 Forbes, Edward 35, 117 GPS 340-1 Forchhammer, Johann Georg 116 ground deformation 339-40 fossils microgravity 341-2 Carboniferous record of Nova Scotia 247-9, 252, remote sensing 343-4 265-6. 278-9. 294-302 SAR interferometry 344 phytobiology 244-7. 284 seismology 338-9 human and human artefacts 33, 35.84-92 self-potential 342 forests 243-256. 261-285 tidal gravity 342 mammals 8, 84, 88-9 eustatic signals 304-5 organic progression theory 134-5 Evans, John 33 plants 243-256, 261-285 evolution theory 8, 135-6 repeating record theory 8 Exploits Group 224 significance of 6 Exploits Subzone 213, 222-7 Tertiary studies 6, 9-10, 41 extinctions 4, 8, 58 Stonesfield slate 8, 134 Exxon slug 303,304-5 uniformitarian approach 134 eyesight problems of Lyell 22 Wealden study 22 see also footprints Fountain Lake Group 267 fabric studies in salt fractures in salt 329 brittle 328-30 France ductile 326-8 reception of Principles 40, 41.44 Falconer, Hugh 33, 86, 112 visits Fennoscandia see Scandinavia 1818 22 Ferrusac, Andr6 Etienne d'Audebard de 116 1823 3, 5.23 Fichtel, Johann Ehrenreich von 116 1828 24 field work locations visited by Lyell 1861 33 372 iNDEX French language ability 3 Gtimbel, Carl Wilhelm yon 117 Frere, John 90 gypsum 282 Frieslebel Johan Karl 116 gyrogonites 23 fusain see charcoal Fiischel, George Christian 116, 138 Hacques, Belthazar 116 halite see rock salt Gaia concept 365 Hall, James 64, 73, 74, 78 Gander margin 223, 225,229 Hall, Sir James 116 Ganderia and Gander Zone 212 Halmahera arc 207 Ganges River 99, 106, 140 Hartmann, Carl Friedrich Alexander 41, 42 gas geochemistry 342-3 Hartung, Georg 28 Gemellaro, Gaetano 30 Haug, Emile 117 geochronology 9, 10 Hrbert, Edmond 117 Geographical Society 17 Heim.
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