Introductory Text-book of GeologyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1869 - 194 strani |
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... LIMESTONE , AND TRUE COAL - MEAS- URES , • 85 96 XI . THE PERMIAN SYSTEM , EMBRACING THE MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE AND LOWER NEW RED SANDSTONE , 111 XII . THE TRIASSIC SYSTEM , COMPRISING THE KEUPER , MUSCHEL- KALK , AND BUNTER SANDSTEIN ...
... LIMESTONE , AND TRUE COAL - MEAS- URES , • 85 96 XI . THE PERMIAN SYSTEM , EMBRACING THE MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE AND LOWER NEW RED SANDSTONE , 111 XII . THE TRIASSIC SYSTEM , COMPRISING THE KEUPER , MUSCHEL- KALK , AND BUNTER SANDSTEIN ...
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... limestone , and the like ; and each succession of strata may contain the remains or impressions of different plants and animals . Such differences can only be accounted for by supposing each stratum or set of strata to have been formed ...
... limestone , and the like ; and each succession of strata may contain the remains or impressions of different plants and animals . Such differences can only be accounted for by supposing each stratum or set of strata to have been formed ...
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... limestone , - , —we know , from their composition and arrangement , that they must have been formed under water , and brought toge- ther by the operations of water , just as layers of sand and gravel and mud are accumulated or deposited ...
... limestone , - , —we know , from their composition and arrangement , that they must have been formed under water , and brought toge- ther by the operations of water , just as layers of sand and gravel and mud are accumulated or deposited ...
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... limestone like those occurring in the solid crust of the earth . Masses also of drift- shells occur less or more along the sheltered recesses of every ocean , and these , in like manner , when covered up or consolidated , will be ...
... limestone like those occurring in the solid crust of the earth . Masses also of drift- shells occur less or more along the sheltered recesses of every ocean , and these , in like manner , when covered up or consolidated , will be ...
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... limestone , scarcely to be distinguished from some of the softer marbles . Partaking of the elevation or depression of the sea - bottom , and being subject to the influence of the waves and breakers , a coral- reef is not a mere narrow ...
... limestone , scarcely to be distinguished from some of the softer marbles . Partaking of the elevation or depression of the sea - bottom , and being subject to the influence of the waves and breakers , a coral- reef is not a mere narrow ...
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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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