Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Volume 44 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ... WITH A DEMONSTRATION OF THE TRUE GEOLOGY OF THE LOCALITY. By Geo. W. Holley, Ithaca, N. Y. ABSTRACT. The paper gives Mi account of a new survey of the whirlpool and its vicinity, with description of some preglacial crevasses and other points concerning the origin of the Niagara gorge, illustrated by a large map giving some entirely new and original features of the geology of the vicinity. Glacial Phenomena Between Lake Ohamplain And Lake George And The Hudson. By Prof. G. Frederick Wright, Oberlin, O. Abstract. I The paper gave the results of recent personal exploration of the region. The Archean And Cambrian Rocks Of The Grf.en Mountain Range In Southern Massachusetts. By Prof. B. K. Emerson, Amherst, Mass. ABSTRACT. Description of a series of Archean anticlines partly overturned and overthrnst westward, and of the unconformity of the Cambrian conglomerate gneiss upon the older rocks The Geology Of Worcester County, Mass. By Prof. B. K. EmerSon, Amherst, Mass. ABSTRACT. A preliminary account of the progress of work in mapping the cry-talllne rocks of Central Massachusetts. Interesting Features In The Surface Geology Of The Genesee Region, New York. By Prof. H. L. Fairchild, University of Rochester. abstract. This paper is intended only as an informal exhibition of lantern views, with running description, of some phenomena in the glacial and lacustrine deposits of western New York. Distribution Of Sharks In The Cretaceous. By Dr. C. R. Eastman, Cambridge, Mass. ABSTRACT. Comparison of geographical distribution of certain of the more important genera of Elasmobranchs in the Cretaceous of Europe, Asia, and North America; with inferences as to their relationships, and, where the genera are represented by recent forms, inferences as to climatic condition...