OF THE

GEOLOGY OF YORKSHIRE;

OR, A

DESCRIPTION OF THE STRATA AND ORGANIC REMAINS:

ACCOMPANIED BY A

GEOLOGICAL MAP, SECTIONS, AND PLATES OF THE FOSSIL PLANTS
AND ANIMALS.

PART 1,

THE YORKSHIRE COAST.

BY JOHN PHILLIPS, F. R. S., F. G. S.

PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON; ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO THE BRITISH
ASSOCIATION; SECRETARY TO THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY; HONORARY
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, THE PHILOSOPHICAL
INSTITUTIONS OF YORKSHIRE, LEEDS, HULL, WHITBY, SHEFFIELD, HALIFAX,
AND NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE; OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF
NORTHUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NEWCASTLE; OF THE
SOCIETY OF ARTS FOR SCOTLAND,

Je ne doute pas, que dans peu d'années peut-être, je ne sois reduit a dire, que l'ouvrage que
je termine aujourd'hui, et auquel j'ai consacré tant de travail, ne sera qu'un leger aperçu, qu'un
premier coup d'œil jeté sur ces immenses créations des anciens temps.

YORK:

Thomas Wilson and Sons, High-Ousegate.

CHAPTER III. Organic remains. Their state of conservation, and mode

of distribution in the earth.-Catalogues of the fossils of

each stratum, beginning with those of the chalk.-Fos-

sils of the diluvium.-Kirkdale cave.-Bielbecks De-

posit.-Synoptic list of the species of plants and ani-

mals discovered in the strata of the eastern part of

Yorkshire.-Illustrated by fourteen plates of organic

remains

CHAPTER IV. On the basaltic dyke.-On the economical uses of mineral

products in the eastern part of Yorkshire

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PREFACE.

THIS New Edition of my first Geological Work differs in some respects from the former one, yet not to such a degree as materially to change the character of the book. The description of the Strata is almost literally the same, and the catalogues of Organic Remains, though amended in particular parts, retain all their original features; but the Synoptic Table has been thrown into a new and more useful form, the plates have been re-engraved with great care, and in some instances improved by more exact copying of the original drawings, a description of the highly interesting ossiferous deposit of Bielbecks has been introduced, and the Introductory Chapter which was designed to convey a general view of the state of Geology in 1829, has been omitted, as being no longer necessary or indeed quite appropriate in a topographical work suited to the year 1835.

The labours of M. Ad. Brongniart, Dr. Lindley, and Mr. Hutton have made known some additional species of Fossil Plants discovered by my indefatigable friends, Mr. Bean and Mr. Williamson; these new species are introduced into the Synoptic Table, which is also augmented by synonyms and references.

Two journeys on the Continent, have enabled me to profit by personal inspection of several noble museums, especially those of Bonn and Strasburgh, and the rich private cabinet of M. De Luc. The