Introductory Text-book of GeologyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1869 - 194 strani |
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... BOOKS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY , ' ETC. EIGHTH AND ENLARGED EDITION BIBI WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCLXIX 188. f . 31 . The Right of Translation is reserved OTHECT " The study of the structure of the Earth must.
... BOOKS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY , ' ETC. EIGHTH AND ENLARGED EDITION BIBI WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCLXIX 188. f . 31 . The Right of Translation is reserved OTHECT " The study of the structure of the Earth must.
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David Page. " The study of the structure of the Earth must tend to enlarge the mind of man , in seeing what is past , and foreseeing what must come to pass in the economy of nature ; and here is a subject in which we find an extensive ...
David Page. " The study of the structure of the Earth must tend to enlarge the mind of man , in seeing what is past , and foreseeing what must come to pass in the economy of nature ; and here is a subject in which we find an extensive ...
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... been carefully preserved , that as little inconvenience as possible may be felt in using it in the same class along with any of the later editions . February 1869 . CONTENTS . 1. GEOLOGY : A HISTORY OF THE STRUCTURE vi PREFACE .
... been carefully preserved , that as little inconvenience as possible may be felt in using it in the same class along with any of the later editions . February 1869 . CONTENTS . 1. GEOLOGY : A HISTORY OF THE STRUCTURE vi PREFACE .
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... STRUCTURE AND CONDITIONS , • III . GENERAL ARRANGEMENT , STRUCTURE , AND COMPOSITION OF THE MATERIALS CONSTITUTING THE CRUST OF THE GLOBE , IV . CLASSIFICATION OF THE MATERIALS COMPOSING THE EARTH'S CRUST INTO SYSTEMS , GROUPS , AND ...
... STRUCTURE AND CONDITIONS , • III . GENERAL ARRANGEMENT , STRUCTURE , AND COMPOSITION OF THE MATERIALS CONSTITUTING THE CRUST OF THE GLOBE , IV . CLASSIFICATION OF THE MATERIALS COMPOSING THE EARTH'S CRUST INTO SYSTEMS , GROUPS , AND ...
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... , CORAL - REEFS , RAISED BEACHES , AND OTHER RECENT ACCUMULATIONS , 166 XVII . REVIEW OF THE STRATIFIED SYSTEMS . - GENERAL DEDUCTIONS , 183 GLOSSARIAL INDEX , 187 GEOLOG Y. I. GEOLOGY : A HISTORY OF THE STRUCTURE viii CONTENTS .
... , CORAL - REEFS , RAISED BEACHES , AND OTHER RECENT ACCUMULATIONS , 166 XVII . REVIEW OF THE STRATIFIED SYSTEMS . - GENERAL DEDUCTIONS , 183 GLOSSARIAL INDEX , 187 GEOLOG Y. I. GEOLOGY : A HISTORY OF THE STRUCTURE viii CONTENTS .
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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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Stran 193 - The divisions of the subject are so clearly defined, the explanations are so lucid, the relations of one portion of the subject to another are so satisfactorily shown, and, above all, the...