Introductory Text-book of GeologyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1869 - 194 strani |
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... Scotland , Holland , and Canada , often extending over thousands of acres , and varying from ten to forty feet in thick- ; to the pine - rafts yearly floated down by the Mississippi ; to the cypress - swamps of America ; to the " tarai ...
... Scotland , Holland , and Canada , often extending over thousands of acres , and varying from ten to forty feet in thick- ; to the pine - rafts yearly floated down by the Mississippi ; to the cypress - swamps of America ; to the " tarai ...
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... Scotland , and used for road- making ) appear in large square - like blocks - a structure which is styled tabular or cuboidal ; and when igneous rocks of this class break up in masses of no regular shape or form , they are termed ...
... Scotland , and used for road- making ) appear in large square - like blocks - a structure which is styled tabular or cuboidal ; and when igneous rocks of this class break up in masses of no regular shape or form , they are termed ...
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... Scotland , the mountains of Cumber- land , Devonshire , and Cornwall in England , the Wicklow moun- tains in Ireland , the Dofrafelds in Scandinavia , the Alps in Swit- zerland , the Pyrenees in Spain , the Oural and Himalaya ranges in ...
... Scotland , the mountains of Cumber- land , Devonshire , and Cornwall in England , the Wicklow moun- tains in Ireland , the Dofrafelds in Scandinavia , the Alps in Swit- zerland , the Pyrenees in Spain , the Oural and Himalaya ranges in ...
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... Scotland ; the Cheviot , Cumberland , Welsh , and Derbyshire hills in England ; and most of the hills in Ireland , are of true trappean composition . The scenery produced by assemblages of trap hills is often extremely picturesque and ...
... Scotland ; the Cheviot , Cumberland , Welsh , and Derbyshire hills in England ; and most of the hills in Ireland , are of true trappean composition . The scenery produced by assemblages of trap hills is often extremely picturesque and ...
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... Scotland , in the north of Ireland , in Brittany , along the flanks of the Pyrenees and Alps , in the Scandinavian and Oural chains , in the Himalaya and Altai ranges , in the mountains of Northern Africa , in the Andes and Brazilian ...
... Scotland , in the north of Ireland , in Brittany , along the flanks of the Pyrenees and Alps , in the Scandinavian and Oural chains , in the Himalaya and Altai ranges , in the mountains of Northern Africa , in the Andes and Brazilian ...
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abundant accumulations agency aqueous arrangement ATLAS basalt beds bituminous boulders building-stone calcareous Cambrian carboniferous chalk chemical chiefly clay clay-slate coal coal-measures coloured compact composed composition conglomerates coral-reefs corals cretaceous crust crustacea crystalline deposits districts drift earth Edition encrinites England eocene epoch estuaries existing felspar fishes formation forms fossils frequent fresh-water GEOGRAPHY geologists Geology globe gneiss granite gravel greenstone grits groups igneous rocks interstratified islands lakes laminated land Laurentian lava layers less lias lignite lime limestone lower marine marls masses Mesozoic Metamorphic mica mica-schist mineral mountain limestone numerous occur ocean Old Red Sandstone oolite origin PALEOZOIC peculiar period Permian plants and animals present quartz remains of plants reptiles rivers rocky sand schists Scotland seams seas sedimentary shales shell-fish shells silicious silt Silurian slates slaty species stone strata stratified rocks structure surface termed tertiary TEXT-BOOK texture thick tion trap trappean Triassic upheavals upper vegetable volcanic wealden zoophytes
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