Diagram showing the progressive overlapping of the successive divisions of an alluvial fan, away from the source of supply.

Alluvial Fan

Diagram showing the progressive overlapping of the successive divisions of an alluvial fan, away from…

Natural and columnar sections at each end and in the center of a line 100 miles long and extending at right angles to the original shore line.

Clastic Deposits in the Sea

Natural and columnar sections at each end and in the center of a line 100 miles long and extending at…

Diagrammatic cross-section of a cut off basin, and the deposits formed in it after complete evaporation.

Cut-off Basin

Diagrammatic cross-section of a cut off basin, and the deposits formed in it after complete evaporation.

"In printing, an oblong shallow tray of brass or wood, rarely of zinc, on which the compositor deposits his type." -Whitney, 1911

Printers' Galley

"In printing, an oblong shallow tray of brass or wood, rarely of zinc, on which the compositor deposits…

"GEYSERITE. The variety of opaline silica deposited about the orifices of geysers. It occurs white or grayish, porous, in stalactitic, filamentous, or cauliflower-like forms." -Whitney, 1911

Geyserite

"GEYSERITE. The variety of opaline silica deposited about the orifices of geysers. It occurs white or…

Diagrams to illustrate the mode of formation of kettle holes in glacial deposits.

Formation of Kettle Holes

Diagrams to illustrate the mode of formation of kettle holes in glacial deposits.

Natural and columnar section to illustrate compound offlapping and overlapping series.

Compound Offlapping and Overlapping Series

Natural and columnar section to illustrate compound offlapping and overlapping series.

Section to illustrate the relationships of strata formed by a compound, transgressing, retreatal and transgressive movement of the sea with the resulting overlapping, offlapping and overlapping series separated by a compound sandstone of emergence and submergence.

Offlaps Followed by Overlap

Section to illustrate the relationships of strata formed by a compound, transgressing, retreatal and…

Diagrammatic section to illustrate replacing overlap of shore or continental sands on the right and marine shales, sandstones and calcareous beds on the left.

Replacing Overlap

Diagrammatic section to illustrate replacing overlap of shore or continental sands on the right and…

Block diagram showing the flood-plain of a river, with ox-bows and marginal streams and in section, the flood-plain deposits and natural levees.

Flood Plain of a River

Block diagram showing the flood-plain of a river, with ox-bows and marginal streams and in section,…