Introductory Text-book of GeologyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1869 - 194 strani |
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... rocky constit- uents of the earth , and leaves its surface - configuration to Geo- graphy , its vegetable life to Botany , its animal life to Zoology , and the elementary constitution of all bodies to the science of Chemistry . Being ...
... rocky constit- uents of the earth , and leaves its surface - configuration to Geo- graphy , its vegetable life to Botany , its animal life to Zoology , and the elementary constitution of all bodies to the science of Chemistry . Being ...
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... rocky strata . We see also the tides and waves wasting away the sea- cliffs in one district , and accumulating expanses of sand and salt- marsh in some sheltered locality . By these agencies thousands of acres of land have been washed ...
... rocky strata . We see also the tides and waves wasting away the sea- cliffs in one district , and accumulating expanses of sand and salt- marsh in some sheltered locality . By these agencies thousands of acres of land have been washed ...
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... rocky crust ) with existing races , we are enabled to determine many of the past conditions of the world with considerable certainty . 8. By examining , noting , and comparing as indicated in the preceding paragraphs , the geologist ...
... rocky crust ) with existing races , we are enabled to determine many of the past conditions of the world with considerable certainty . 8. By examining , noting , and comparing as indicated in the preceding paragraphs , the geologist ...
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... rocky strata ; to restore the forms of extinct plants and animals ; to indicate their habits , the climate and conditions under which they grew and lived , —to do all this , and trace their connection up to existing races , would be the ...
... rocky strata ; to restore the forms of extinct plants and animals ; to indicate their habits , the climate and conditions under which they grew and lived , —to do all this , and trace their connection up to existing races , would be the ...
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... rocky structure , from the top of the highest mountain to the bottom of the deepest mine , it forms but an insignificant film of the four thousand miles which lie between the surface and centre of the globe . This film or outer portion ...
... rocky structure , from the top of the highest mountain to the bottom of the deepest mine , it forms but an insignificant film of the four thousand miles which lie between the surface and centre of the globe . This film or outer portion ...
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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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