Geological pamphlets.
Published: 1882
Place of publication: [v.p
Language: eng
Subjects: Geology -- North America; Geology -- Great Lakes
Notes: Title from spine.

Each plate, except one, accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.

Offprints of articles from various journalas.

Includes bibliographical references.

"List of publications, by J.W. Spencer ..." (4 leaves) inserted at front.
Table of contents: value: Palaeozoic geology of the region about the western end of Lake Ontario.-  Surface geology of the region about the western end of Lake Ontario.-  Niagara fossils.-  Notes on the origin of the Great Lakes of North America.-  Terraces and beaches about Lake Ontario.-  The Mississippi River during the Great River age.-  Occurrence of boulders of decomposition at Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.-  Hummocks and boulders of decompositon in south-eastern Missouri.-  Notes upon warping of the earth's crust in its relation to the origin of the basins of the Great Lakes.-  A landslide at Brantford, Ontario, illustrating the effects of thrusts upon yielding strata.-  Glacial erosion in Norway and in high latitudes.-  On the theory of glacial motion.-  Notes on the erosive power of glaciers, as seen in Norway.-  Notes upon ice action in high latitudes.-  Sand-boulders in the drift, or subaqueous origin of the drift, in central Missouri.-  Notes on the drift north of Lake Ontario.- Notes on the origin and history of the Great Lakes of North America.-  On glacial erosion; a reply to a review.-  Southern drift and its agricultural relations.-  The high continental elevation preceding the pleistocene period.-  Ancient shores, boulder pavements, and high-level gravel deposits in the region of the Great Lakes.-  Origin of the basins of the Great Lakes of America.-  The deformation of Iroquois beach and birth of Lake Ontario.-  Deformation of the Algonquin beach, and birth of Lake Huron.-  High level shores in the region of the Great Lakes, and their deformation.-  Post-pliocene continental subsidence (in America) versus glacial dams.-  The Iroquois shore north of the Adirondacks.