Geological researches in China, Mongolia, and Japan, during the years 1862-1865.

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER 1.
PAGE
ON THE GENERAL OUTLINES OF EASTERN ASIA... 1
CHAPTER II.
GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN THE BASIN OF THE YANGTSE IANG.. 4
CHAPTER III.
OBSERVATIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF CHIHLI..10
CHAPTER IV.
STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE GREAT TABLE-LAND, AND OF NORTHERN SHANSI
AND CHIHLI.. 25
CHAPTER V.
THE DELTA-PLAIN AND THE HISTORICAL CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF THE YELLOW RIVER. 46
CHAPTER VI.
ON THE GENERAL GEOLOGY OF CHINA PROPER; A GENERALIZATION BASED ON OBSERVATIONS, AND ON THE MINERAL PRODUCTIONS, AND THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SURFACE. 51
CHAPTER VII.
THE SINIAN SYSTEM OF ELEVATION.... 67
CHAPTER VIII.
GEOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE ROUTE FROM THE GREAT WALL TO THE SIBERIAN FRONTIER 70
CHAPTER IX.
GEOLOGICAL ITINERARIES OF JOURNEYS ON THE ISLAND OF YESSO IN NORTHERN JAPAN * 79
CHAPTER X.
MINERAL PRODUCTIONS OF CHINA.. 109
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX NO. 1.-Description of Fossil Plants from the Chinese Coal-Bearing Rocks. By
J. S. Newberry, M. D......... 119
APPENDIX No. 2. —Analyses of Chinese and Japanese Coals. By James A. Macdonald, M. A.......... 123
APPENDIX NO. 3.-Letter from Mr. Arthur Mead Edwards on the Results of an Examination under the Microscope of some Japanese Infusorial Earths, and other Deposits of
China and Mongolia......... 126
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