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Start of eBook	1
THE SCOPE AND AIM OF GEOLOGY	1
PART I	3
CHAPTER I	3
THE CHEMICAL WORK OF WATER	6
AGENTS OF MECHANICAL DISINTEGRATION	7
ORGANIC AGENTS	9
THE MANTLE OF ROCK WASTE	9
MOVEMENTS OF THE MANTLE OF ROCK WASTE	13
ROCK SCULPTURE BY WEATHERING	16
CHAPTER II	19
CHAPTER III	27
TRANSPORTATION	29
EROSION	30
DEPOSITION	32
LAND FORMS DUE TO RIVER EROSION	34
YOUNG RIVER VALLEYS	34
MATURE AND OLD RIVERS	38
CHAPTER IV	44
VALLEY DEPOSITS	44
BASIN DEPOSITS	49
DELTAS	52
CHAPTER V	54
VALLEY GLACIERS	56
PIEDMONT GLACIERS	61
THE GEOLOGICAL WORK OF GLACIER ICE	61
CHAPTER VI	67
TRANSPORTATION BY THE WIND	67
WIND DEPOSITS	68
WIND EROSION	70
CHAPTER VII	71
SEA EROSION	71
SHORE DRIFT	74
SHORES OF ELEVATION AND DEPRESSION	76
SHORES OF DEPRESSION	77
CHAPTER VIII	80
OFFSHORE DEPOSITS	80
DEEP-SEA OOZES AND CLAYS	86
THE REEF-BUILDING CORALS	87
PART II	91
CHAPTER IX	91
OSCILLATIONS OF THE CRUST	92
FOLDINGS OF THE CRUST	95
STRUCTURES DEVELOPED IN COMPRESSED ROCKS	97
LAND FORMS DUE TO FOLDING	98
FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS OF THE CRUST	100
SURFACE FEATURES DUE TO DISLOCATIONS	102
UNCONFORMITY	106
CHAPTER X	108
CHAPTER XI	111
ERUPTIONS OF THE EFFUSIVE TYPE	112
ERUPTIONS OF THE EXPLOSIVE TYPE	114
VOLCANIC PRODUCTS	116
FRAGMENTAL MATERIALS	118
THE LIFE HISTORY OF A VOLCANO	120
CHAPTER XII	122
INTRUSIVE MASSES	124
THE INTRUSIVE ROCKS	126
CHAPTER XIII	130
MINERAL VEINS	133
PART III	135
CHAPTER XIV	135
FOSSILS AND WHAT THEY TEACH	138
CHAPTER XV	144
THE ALGONKIAN	146
CHAPTER XVI	150
THE CAMBRIAN	151
THE LIFE OF THE CAMBRIAN PERIOD	153
CHAPTER XVII	156
THE ORDOVICIAN	156
LIFE OF THE ORDOVICIAN	159
THE SILURIAN	160
LIFE OF THE SILURIAN	161
CHAPTER XVIII	162
LIFE OF THE DEVONIAN	164
CHAPTER XIX	167
THE PENNSYLVANIAN SERIES	168
LIFE OF THE CARBONIFEROUS	173
CHAPTER XX	176
THE TRIASSIC AND JURASSIC	177
THE CRETACEOUS	179
LIFE OF THE MESOZOIC	182
REPTILES OF THE MESOZOIC	184
CHAPTER XXI	189
LIFE OF THE TERTIARY PERIOD	195
CHAPTER XXII	201
THE PLEISTOCENE EPOCH	201
THE LIFE OF THE QUATERNARY	213

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