Table of Contents

*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. v*REFERENCE MATERIAL, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. xiii*CHAPTER I. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CONTINENTS, pg. 1*CHAPTER II. THE CANADIAN SHIELD AND ITS ANCIENT ROCKS, pg. 11*CHAPTER III. THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS AND THE SCIENCE OF GENTLY DIPPING STRATA, pg. 23*CHAPTER IV. APPALACHIAN AND RELATED SYSTEMS; PALEOZOIC STRUCTURES SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF CENTRAL STABLE REGION, pg. 42*CHAPTER V. LANDS AND SEAS SOUTH OF THE CONTINENT: MODERN ANALOGUES OF GEOSYNCLINES, pg. 79*CHAPTER VI. THE MOUNTAIN BELT OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA; INTRODUCTION TO THE CORDILLERAN SYSTEM, pg. 92*CHAPTER VII. THE EASTERN RANGES AND PLATEAUS; A NOVEL STRUCTURAL ELEMENT, pg. 101*CHAPTER VIII. THE MAIN PART OF THE CORDILLERA: ITS GEOSYNCLINE AND THE MOUNTAIN BELT THAT FORMED FROM IT, pg. 133*CHAPTER IX. CENOZOIC ROCKS AND STRUCTURES OF THE MAIN PART OF THE CORDILLERA; LATER MODIFICATIONS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURE, pg. 156*EPILOGUE, pg. 183*SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. 184*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 189*INDEX OF AUTHORS CITED, pg. 196