GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 1
CONSIDERATION OF FOSSILS 4
CHEMICAL AND NEBULAR HYPOTHESES OF THE GLOBE 15
MODIFICATIONS OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE 26
ERUPTIVE ROCKS 30
PLUTONIC ERUPTIONS 31
Granite 31
Syenite 34
Protogine 35
Porphyry 37
Serpentine 38
VOLCANIC ROCKS 39
Trachytic Formations 39
Basaltic Formations 44
Volcanic or Lava Formations 51
METAMORPHIC ROCKS 71
General Metamorphism 74
THE BEGINNING 80
PRIMARY EPOCH 99
CAMBRIAN PERIOD 101
SILURIAN PERIOD 102
Lower Silurian Period 104
Upper Silurian Period 110
OLD RED SANDSTONE AND DEVONIAN PERIOD 119
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD 130
Carboniferous Limestone 140
Coal Measures 150
Formation of Coal 159
PERMIAN PERIOD 170
Permian Rocks 177
SECONDARY EPOCH 185
TRIASSIC, OR NEW RED PERIOD 185
New Red Sandstone 187
Muschelkalk 188
Keuper Period 199
RHÆTIC (PENARTH) PERIOD 207
JURASSIC PERIOD 211
Liassic Period 211
Oolitic Sub-Period 243
Lower Oolite Fauna 244
---- ---- Rocks 249
Middle Oolite 255
Upper Oolite 265
CRETACEOUS PERIOD 275
Lower Cretaceous Period 286
Upper Cretaceous Period 300
TERTIARY EPOCH 312
Eocene Period 315
Miocene Period 336
Pliocene Period 357
QUATERNARY EPOCH 378
POST-PLIOCENE 378
EUROPEAN DELUGES 422
GLACIAL PERIOD 435
CREATION OF MAN 464
ASIATIC DELUGE 480
EPILOGUE 489
TABLE AND DIAGRAM OF BRITISH SEDIMENTARY AND FOSSILIFEROUS
STRATA 493