Mediterranean Sea, 45, 70, 116 “Mediterranean Sea” of North America, 22, 53 Mees, C. E. K., 91 Meinzer, O., 111 Mendenhall, W. C., 18, 112, 138 Mercalli, G., 76, 131 Messina, 55, 71, 77, 81, 103 -- earthquake of, 1908, 55, 71 metamorphism, 180 Meunier, Stanilas, 16 Mexico, 80, 82, 108 Michel-Lévy, A., 16, 53 Michelson, A. A., 99 microsclerometer, 19–20, 172 Midway Island, 99, 103, 164, 165 Mihara Volcano, 133–134 Mineral, Calif., 136, 137 Miocene, 46, 49 Mississippi delta, 41 Mississippi River, 8, 10, 36 models, 30, 38, 41–42, 43, 46–48, 50–52 -- erosion, 43 -- folding, 50–52 -- Grand Canyon, 30, 38 -- lava injection, 46–48 -- Old Faithful, 41–42 Mohokea, 165 Molokai, 122–123 Molokai Channel, 122 Molokai volcano, 165 Monte Somma, 66 Montserrat, xii, 66, 71, 126, 129, 156–161 -- earthquake (1933), 71 Moody, William H., 55–57 Moody, William Vaughn, 20 moon, 182 moon craters, 93–94, 172, 176 moon lava, 172 Morgan, Lloyd, 186 Morozewicz, J., 16 Morss, Everett, 162 motorcar amphibians, 168 Mount Baker, 136 Mount Dana, 143 Mount Etna, 66, 68, 71, 77, 81, 103, 180 Mount Hibokhibok, 76 Mount Lamington, 76 Mount Makushin, 73 Mount Misery, 62, 66 Mount Monadnock, 40 Mount Pelée, 56–65, 76, 134, 158, 161, 167 Mount St. Elias, 31 Mount St. Helena, 137 Mount Shasta, 18, 137 Mount Washburn, 36 Mount Wrangell, 138 Munro, George, 135 murres, 141 museum, Kilauea Crater, 114–115 Museum of Comparative Zoology, 164 mutation, 186 Myers, D. B., 72, 74 Mystic River, 37 N Nagasaki, 103, 109 Nahant, 3 Nakamura, D., 115 Naknek Lake, 140 Napau Crater, 118, 121 Napier earthquake, 45, 111 Naples, 65, 71, 76 National Geographic Society, 55–56, 142, 143 -- expedition (Alaska), 143 Natural History magazine, 170 Nature magazine, 161 Naughton, J. J., 173 Naumann, E., 109 Navaho (ship), 123 Neckar, the, 14 Nelson, Sven, 20 Neptune, 184 Nevada, 26–30 New Crater, 10 New England, 7, 28, 37, 40, 43, 44, 46 New Haven, 46 New Jersey, 43 New Orleans, 79 New York, 42, 43, 56, 72, 121 -- New York City, 42, 72 -- Wall Street, 72 New Zealand, 39, 75, 103, 109–111, 114, 117, 126, 161, 162, 183 -- expedition to, 103, 109–111 --Geological Survey, 110 New Zealand-Tonga volcanic chain, 114 New Zealand, University of, 110 Ngauruhoe Volcano, 110 Nicaragua, 80 Nicaragua-Salvador line, 80 Nikolski, 141 Niles, W., 72 Niuafoou, 110, 147–150 Niuatoputapu, 150 No Man’s Land, 132 Nobel Prize, 157 Norris Geyser Basin, 10 North Island, N. Z., 109 North Kona, 145