70 THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA.

the river are referred to the newer Potomac. Of the river exposures
taken collectively he states that “The section seems to be complete from
the older Potomac through the marine Cretaceous, and the later Tertiary
overlies the last.” The beds exposed in the railroad cuts above mentioned
are referred to the Tuscaloosa formation of Alabama.

1906.

CHAMBERLIN, T. C., and Satispury, R. D.—Geology, vol. 3, 1906. Lafayette,
pp. 301-308. Columbia, pp. 447-454.
Describes the character, distribution, ete., of the Lafayette and Columbia
formations and concludes that their origin is largely due to ri Mea and
subaérial processes.

Cops, CoLtier—Notes on the Geology of Currituck Banks. Elisha Mitchell
Sci. Soc. Jour., vol. 22, No. 1, 1906, pp. 17-19.

escribes the physical character of these banks and discusses their origin.

xpresses the view that the coast in the vicinity of Currituck Banks is

now subsiding.

   
 
 

‘oBB, COLLIER— Where the Wind Does the Work. Nat. Geog. Mag., vol. 17, No.
6, 1906, pp. 310-317, 10 figs. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. Jour., vol. 22, No.

8, 1906, pp. 80-85. :
Describes wind-blown sand-dunes and their migrations on the chain of
low-lying sand reefs and islands along the Atlantic coast: of North

Carolina.

SALISBURY, Rotitrwn D.—See CHAMBERLIN, T. C., and Sarispury, R. D.

Sanrorp, SamMuEt.—Record of Deep Well Drilling for 1905. U. 8. Geol. Surv.,

Bull. No. 298, 1906, pp. 15-296.
Describes well sections at Kinston, Fort Gasyell,. and Pinehurst (pp.

245-246). Pinas

Suatruck, Grorce B.—Pliocene and Pleistocene Deposits of Maryland: Mite

land Geol. Survey, 1906, 237 pp., pls. 75. em
A givagaae study of the Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits of Mary- i

land. i
1907. ease

Berry, Epwarp W.—Coastal-Plain Amber. Lorrey: , vo. 1, No. 1, 1907, pp. 4-6.
The presence of amber is noted in Cretaceous deposits near Blackmans
Bluff on Neuse River, and near Parker inate! on Tar ties both: in

 

    

Berry, Epwarp W.—Contributions to the Me Five of the Atlantic Coastat
Plain. 1. North Carolina. Torrey a vol. 34, ‘No.

   

 
  
  
  
  

transitional Cretaceous beds of North Carolina, a:
and figured as new. He correlates the "provisionally ith ‘the Tus-

caloosa formation of Alabama and the tan formation of New Jersey,
put predicts that they will eventually prove to include representatives of
both the upper Tuscaloosa and Butaw— I a: the anid and ‘
Raritan formations of New Jersey.