Preface; Section I: 1. Figure of the Earth; 2. Density of the Earth; 3. Superficial distribution of land and water; 4. Saltness and specific gravity of the sea; 5. Temperature of the Earth; 6. Temperature of springs; 7. Temperature of the sea and of lakes; 8. Temperature of the atmosphere; 9. Valleys; 10. Changes on the surface of the globe; 11. Classification of rocks; Section II: 12. Degradation of land; 13. Rivers; 14. Glaciers; 15. Delivery of detritus into the sea; 16. Action of the sea on coasts; 17. Shingle beaches; 18. Sandy beaches; 19. Tides; 20. Currents; 21. Transporting power of tides; 22. Transporting power of currents; 23. Active volcanos; 24. Extinct volcanos; 25. Mineral volcanic products; 26. Volcanic dykes, etc.; 27. Earthquakes; 28. Hurricanes; 29. Gaseous exhalations; 30. Deposits from springs; 31. Naphtha and asphaltum springs; 32. Coral reefs and islands; 33. Submarine forests; 34. Raised beaches and masses of shells; 35. Organic remains of the modern group; Section III: 36. Erratic blocks and gravel; 37. Ossiferous caverns and osseous breccia; Section IV: 38. Supracretaceous (tertiary) group; 39. Volcanic action during the supracretaceous period; Section V: 40. Cretaceous group (chalk and green sand); 41. Wealden rocks; Section VI: 42. Oolitic group; Section VII: 43. Red sandstone group; Section VIII: 44. Carboniferous group; Section IX: 45. Grauwacke group; Section X: 46. Inferior stratified or non-fossiliferous rocks; Section XI: 47. Unstratified rocks; Section XII: 48. On the mineralogical differences in contemporaneous rocks; 49. On the elevation of mountains; 50. On the occurrence of metals in rocks; Section XIII: 51. Organic remains in the supracretaceous blue marl of the south of France; 52. Organic remains in the supracretaceous rocks of Bordeaux and Dax; 53. Gosau fossils; 54. Organic remains of the cretaceous group, of the Wealden rocks of England, of the Oolitic group, of the red or variegated marl, of the muschelkalk, of the red or variegated sandstone, of the Zechstone, of the coal measures, of the carboniferous limestone, of the grauwacke group; Appendix; Index.
