See also:

• HOLOCENE (from Gr. iiXos, whole, uacvos, recent)

HOLOCENE (from Gr. iiXos, whole, uacvos, See also:

• RECENT

recent)  , in See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology, the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division which embraces the youngest of all the formations; it is See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to the " See also:

• RECENT

Recent " of some authors . The name was proposed in 186o by P . See also:

• GERVAIS, PAUL (1816-1879)

Gervais . The See also:

• OLDEST

oldest deposits that may be included are those containing See also:

• NEOLITHIC, or LATER STONE AGE (Gr. vEOr, new, and XLOos, stone)

neolithic implements; deposits of historic times should also be grouped here; presumably the youngest are those to be chronicled by the last See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man . The See also:

• HOLOCENE (from Gr. iiXos, whole, uacvos, recent)

Holocene formations obviously include all the varieties of deposits which are accumulating at the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day: the gravels and alluvia of See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers; See also:

• BOULDER
• BOULDER (short for " boulder-stone," of uncertain origin; cf. Swed. bullersten, a large stone which causes a noise of rippling water in a stream, from bullra, to make a loud noise)

boulder See also:

• CLAYS, PAUL JEAN (1819-1900)

clays, moraines and fluvio-glacial deposits; estuarine, coastal and abyssal deposits of the seas, and their equivalents in lakes; screes, taluses, See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind-See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne dust and See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand and See also:

• DESERT

desert formations; chemical deposits from saline See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters; See also:

• PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

peat, diatomite, marls, foraminiferal and other oozes; See also:

• CORAL

coral, algal and See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks, and other organic deposits; mud, See also:

• LAVA

lava and dust deposits of volcanic origin and extrusions of See also:

• ASPHALT, or ASPHALTUM

asphalt and See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch; to all these must be added the See also:

• WORKS

works of man .