A Manual of Elementary Geology / or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants as Illustrated by Geological Monuments - Sir Charles Lyell

K.

Kangaroo, fossil and recent, jaws figured, [156.]
Kaup, Prof., on footprints of Cheirotherium, [290.]
Kaye, Mr., on fossils of Southern India, [225.]
Keeling Island, fragment of greenstone in, [217.]
Keilhau, Prof., cited, [457.] [474.]
on dike of greenstone, [380.]
on gneiss near Christiania, [446.]
on granite, [447.]
Kelloway rock, [34.]
Kentish chalk, sand-galls in, [82.]
Keuper, the, [287.]
Killas in granite of Cornwall, [474.]
Kimmeridge clay, [260.] and Postscript, [xxi.]
King, Dr., on footprints of reptile, [337.]
King, Mr., on Permian group and fossils, [301.] [302.]
Kirkdale, cave at, [154.]
Kotzebue cited, [217.]
Kyson, in Suffolk, strata of, [202.]

L.

Labyrinthodon, [292.] [288.] [289.]
Lacustrine strata of Auvergne, [181.]
Lagoons at mouth of rivers, [33.]
of Bermuda Islands, [216.]
Lake craters of Eifel, [419.]
crater of Laach, [420.]
Lamarck on bivalve mollusca, [29.]
Land, rising and sinking, [45.]
Laterite, [376.]
Lava, [373.]
current, Auvergne, [425.]
relation to trap, [387.]
stream of Jorullo, [450.]
of Stromboli, [450.]
Lea, Mr., footprints of reptile discovered by, [340.]
Lead, veins of, in Permian rocks, [499.]
Lehman on classification of rocks, [90.]
Leibnitz, theory of, [94.]
Lepidodendra, [312.]
Lewes, coomb near, [250.]
Lias, [273.]
period, Volcanic rocks, [431.]
at Lyme Regis, [281.]
plutonic rocks of, [455.]
and oolite, origin of, [282.]
fossil plants of, [282.]
Liebig, Prof., on conversion of coal into lignite, [333.]
on preservation of fossil bones in caverns, [155.]
Lima, recent strata of, [115.]
Limagne d'Auvergne, freshwater formations of, [187.]
Lime, scarcity of, in metamorphic rocks, [487.]
Limestone, brecciated, [302.]
crystalline, [302.]
compact, [303.]
fossiliferous, [303.]
hippurite, [221.]
indusial, Auvergne, [184.]
of Jura, [261.]
magnesian, [301.]
mountain fossils of, [340.]
primary or metamorphic, [465.]
in Germany, of Devonian system, [348.]
Lindley, Dr., cited, [223.]
on leaves in lignite, [416.]
Link, M., on footprints, [291.]
Lipari Islands, rocks altered by gases in, [476.]
Lisbon, marine tertiary strata near, [171.]
Lithodomi in beaches of N. America, [78.]
in inland cliffs, [73.]
Llandeilo flags, [357.]
Loam defined, [13.]
Lochaber, parallel roads of, [86.]
Lodes. See [Mineral Veins], [490.]
Loess of valley of Rhine, [117.]
fossil land shells of, figured, [120.]
Logan, Mr., on coal measures of South Wales, [310.]
on fossil forest in Nova Scotia, [322.]
on reptilian foot-prints in lowest Silurian in Canada, Postscript, [viii.]
London clay, [200.]
Lonsdale, Mr., cited, [152.]; on corals, [173.]
on corals of Normandy, [170.]
on corals in Wenlock formation, [355.]
on fossils in white chalk, [26.]
on old red sandstone of S. Devon, [345.]
on Stonesfield slate, [266.]
Louvain, Eocene strata near, [177.]
Lovén on shells of Norway, [114.]
Ludlow formation, [351.]
Lund, cited, [158.]
Lycett, Mr., on shells of oolite, [266.]
Lyme Regis, lias at, [281.]
Lym-Fiord invaded by the sea, [33.]
kelp in, [217.]
Lyons, coal mine near, [319.]

M.

Macacus, in Eocene formation, [203.]
Maclaren, Mr., on erratic blocks in Pentlands, [125.]
Maclure, Dr., on volcanos in Catalonia, [409.]
MacCulloch, Dr., cited, [442.]
on altered rock in Fife, [383.]
on basaltic columns in Skye, [385.]
on denudation, [67.]
on granite of Aberdeenshire, [441.]
on igneous rocks of Scotland, [390.]
on Isle of Skye, [36.] [456.]
on hornblende schist, [478.]
on overlying rocks, [8.]
on parallel roads, [87.]
on pebbles of granite, [460.]
on trap vein in Argyleshire, [379.]
Madeira, view of dike in inland valley in, [378.]
Maestricht beds, [209.]
Magnesian limestone, concretionary structure of, [37.]
defined, [13.]
groups, [301.]
Maidstone, fossils in white chalk of, [214.]
Mammalia, extinct, above drift in United States, [138.]
extinct, of basin of Mississippi, [116.]
fossil teeth of, figured, [160.]
Mammat's "Geological Facts" cited, [69.]
Mammifer in trias near Stuttgart, Postscript, [xiii.]
Mansfield in Thuringia, Permian formation at, [306.]
Mantell, Dr., cited, [217.] [229.] [231.] [251.]
on belemnite, [263.]
on chalk flints, [253.]
on Brighton elephant bed, [257.]
on freshwater beds of Isle of Wight, [198.]
on iguanodon, [227.]
on Wealden group, [226.]
on reptile in Old Red, Postscript, [x.]
Marble defined, [12.]
Marl defined, [13.]
in Lake Superior, [36.]
red and green in England, [289.]
Marl-slate defined, [13.]
Martin, Mr., cited, [250.]
on cross fractures in chalk, [245.]
Martins, Mr. C., on glaciers of Spitzbergen, [136.]
Map to illustrate denudation of Weald, [242.]
Map of Eocene beds of central France, [179.]
Massachusetts, plumbago in, [478.]
Mastodon angustidens, jaw, figure of, [159.]
Mastodon giganteus, in United States, [137.]
Mayence tertiary strata, [177.]
Mediterranean and Red Sea, distinct species in, [100.]
deposits forming in, [99.]
Megalichthys in Cannel coal of Fifeshire, [336.]
Megatherium in South America, [158.]
Menai Straits, marine shells in drift, [130.]
Mendips, denudation in, [68.]
Metalliferous veins. See [Mineral Veins].
Metals, supposed relative ages of, [497.]
Metamorphic rocks, [463.]
defined, [8.]
why less calcareous than fossiliferous, [487.]
order of succession, [485.]
glossary of, [466.]
Metamorphic strata, origin of, [467.]
Metamorphic structure, origin of, [477.]
Meteorites in drift, [145.]
Mexico, lamination of volcanic rocks in, [480.]
Meyer, M. H. von, cited, [147.]
on fossil mammalia of Rhine, [178.]
on reptile in coal, [336.] [337.]
on sandstone of Vosges, [288.]
on Wealden of Hanover and Westphalia, [237.]
Mica schist, [465.]
Micaceous sandstone, origin of, [14.]
Microlestes antiquus, triassic mammifer, Postscr., [xiv.]
Miller, Mr. H., on origin of rock salt, [295.]
on old red sandstone, [343.]
on fossil trees of coal near Edinburgh, [321.]
Minchinhampton, fossil shells at, [266.]
Mineral character of aqueous rocks, [97.]
composition, test of age of volcanic rocks, [399.]
[springs], connected with mineral veins, [496.]
veins and faults, [488.] [490.]
of different ages, [490.] [498.] [499.]
[veins], pebbles in, [492.]
subsequently enlarged and re-opened, [492.]
veins, various forms of, [489.]
veins near granite, [496.]
Mineralization of organic remains, [38.]
Miocene formations, [168.]
in United States, [171.]
period, volcanic rocks of, [415.]
term defined, [111.]
Mississippi, fluviatile strata and delta of, [115.] [116.]
Mitchell, Sir T., on Australian caves, [156.]
Mitscherlich, Prof., on augite and hornblende, [369.]
on isomorphism, [370.]
on mineral composition of Somma, [404.]
Modon, lithodomi in cliff at, [73.]
Molasse of Switzerland, [171.]
Mons, flexures of coal at, [53.]
Mont Blanc, granite of, [453.]
Mont Dor, Auvergne, [422.]
Monte Calvo, section of, [18.]
Montlosier, M., on Auvergne volcanos, [427.]
Moraine, term explained, [123.]
Moraines of glaciers, [141.]
Morea, inland sea-cliffs of, [73.]
trap of, [431.]
Morris, Mr., cited, [177.]
on fossils at Brentford, [147.]
Morton, Dr., on cretaceous rocks, [224.]
Morven, basaltic columns in, [385.]
Mosasaurus in St. Peter's Mount, [210.]
Mountain limestone, fossils of, [340.]
Munster, Count, on fossils of Solenhofen, [260.]
Murchison, Sir R., cited, [248.] [324.]
on new red sandstone, [290.]
on age of Alps, [206.]
on age of gold in Russia, [499.]
on erratic blocks of Alps, [144.]
on granite, [456.] [459.]
on primary strata in Russia, [124.]
on joints and cleavage, [469.] [471.]
on old red sandstone of S. Devon, [345.] [348.]
on pentamerus, [353.]
on Permian flora, [305.]
on Silurian strata of Shropshire, [434.]
on Swiss Alps, [484.]
on term Permian, [301.]
on term Silurian, [350.]
on tilestones, [351.]
Muschelkalk, [287.]

N.

Naples, post-pliocene formations near, [403.]
recent strata near, [112.]
Navarino, lithodomi found in cliff at, [73.]
Necker, M. L. A., cited, [445.]
on composition of cone of Somma, [404.]
on granite in Arran, [460.]
on granitic rocks, [447.]
on Swiss Alps, [484.]
terms granite underlying, [8.]
Nelson, Lieut., drawing of Bermuda, [79.]
on Bermuda Island, [216.]
Neptunian theory, [91.]
Newcastle coal field, great faults in, [64.]
Newcastle, fossil tree near, [312.] [318.]
New Jersey, Mastodon giganteus in, [137.]
New red sandstone, distinction from old, [286.]
its subdivisions, [287.]
of United States, [297.]
trap of, [432.]
New Zealand, absence of quadrupeds, [158.]
Niagara, recent shells in valley of, [138.]
Noeggerath, M., cited, [415.]
Nomenclature, changes of, [93.]
Norfolk, buried forest, [127.] [130.] [147.]
drift, [126.]
Normandy chalk, cliffs, and needles, [241.]
Northwich, beds of salt at, [294.]
Norwich crag, fluvio-marine, [148.]
sand-pipes near, [82.]
Nova Scotia, coal seams of Cape Breton, [315.]
fossil forest of coal in, [321.]
Nummulites, figures of, [200.] [205.]
Nummulitic formation, [205.]
Nyst, M., cited, [176.]

O.

Oeynhausen, M. von, on Cornish granite veins, [445.]
Olot, extinct volcanos near, [408.]
Old red sandstone, [342.]
in Forfarshire, [478.]
trap of, [434.]
Oolite, [257.]
and lias, origin of, [282.]
inferior, fossils of, [272.]
in France, [259.]
plutonic rocks of, [455.]
term defined, [12.]
volcanic rocks of, [431.]
Oolitic group in France, [283.]
Orbigny, M. d', cited, [222.]
on fossils of nummulitic limestone, [206.]
on subdivisions of cretaceous series, [209.]
Organic remains, criterion of age of formation, [98.]
test of age of volcanic rocks, [399.]
Ormerod, Mr., on trias of Cheshire, [295.]
Overlying, term applied to volcanic rocks, [8.]
Owen, Prof., cited, [155.] [166.] [229.] [267.] [268.] [270.] [291.]
on amphitherium, [269.]
on birds in New Zealand, [158.]
on caves in England, [154.]
on footprints, [298.]
on fossils in Australia, [156.]
on fossil monkey, [202.]
on fossil quadrupeds, [157.]
on ichthyosaurus, [276.]
on reptile in coal, [337.]
on serpent of Bracklesham, [199.]
on snake at Sheppey, [201.]
on thecodont saurians, [306.]
on zeuglodon, [207.] [208.]
on reptile in Silurian rocks, Postscript, [viii.]
Oxford clay, [262.]
Oyster beds, [204.]