Chapter II: Section I: Phenomena Peculiar to Stratified Bodies

1. Materials of the Strata.

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Present strata composed of the remains of more ancient rocks, § 1.
Proofs from calcareous strata, § 2.--from siliceous, § 3.--from
argillaceous, § 4.--from bituminous, § 5, 6. Absence of organized
remains from the strata called _primitive_, not universally true,
§ 8, 9.--Term Primary substituted for Primitive. Composition from
the materials of more ancient rocks, § 10.

2. Consolidation of the Strata.

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Consolidation, what, § 11. Objections to aqueous consolidation, §
12, 13, 14. Compression affects the action of fire on bodies, §
15, 16, 17.--Igneous consolidation of minerals prove from fossil
wood, § 19.--From the flints in chalk, § 20.--from sandstone,
§ 21.--from the calcareous strata, § 23, 24, 25.--from the
argillaceous, § 26, 27.--from the bituminous, § 28, 29.--from the
saline, § 32. Salt mines in Cheshire. Trona of Africa, § 54, 35.

3. Position of the Strata.

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Strata formed at the bottom of the sea, § 36. Apparent elevation
not produced by the retreat of the sea, § 37.--Strata,
horizontal, when formed, § 38, 39. Disturbance of the strata
proved from their inclined position § 40, 41, 42.--from shifts,
&c. § 42. Shifts of different dates, _ib._ Disturbance of the
primitive strata visible at their junction with the secondary, §
43, 44. This disturbance produced by a force directed upward, §
45, 46. This force the effect of subterraneous heat, § 47, 48.