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... merely occupies the great hollows or depressions in the same way as the lesser lakes and tarns occupy the rock- basins of the continents and islands . To this rocky ex- terior geologists apply the term " crust , " much in the same way ...
... merely occupies the great hollows or depressions in the same way as the lesser lakes and tarns occupy the rock- basins of the continents and islands . To this rocky ex- terior geologists apply the term " crust , " much in the same way ...
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... merely rock - debris , worn and washed in course of ages from the hills and uplands . Be it gravel or sand , clay or mud , all are alike known to the geologist as " rocks ; " and there can be no doubt that , were these loose and soft ...
... merely rock - debris , worn and washed in course of ages from the hills and uplands . Be it gravel or sand , clay or mud , all are alike known to the geologist as " rocks ; " and there can be no doubt that , were these loose and soft ...
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... merely fable . " Abiding by this method , we find nature at the present day laying down , in every lake and estuary and sea , layers of mud and sand and gravel , vary- ing in thickness and continuity , according to the extent of the ...
... merely fable . " Abiding by this method , we find nature at the present day laying down , in every lake and estuary and sea , layers of mud and sand and gravel , vary- ing in thickness and continuity , according to the extent of the ...
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... mere passage of water over rock- surfaces would of itself have little effect ; but as it bears along its burden of sand and gravel and shingle , every par- ticle becomes a tool which grinds , and is in turn ground down in the double ...
... mere passage of water over rock- surfaces would of itself have little effect ; but as it bears along its burden of sand and gravel and shingle , every par- ticle becomes a tool which grinds , and is in turn ground down in the double ...
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... mere specks of animal jelly , the latter mere points of plant - life , yet so increased by the immensity of their numbers and the rapidity of their growth , that large areas of the sea - bed , as well as lakes and estuaries , are ...
... mere specks of animal jelly , the latter mere points of plant - life , yet so increased by the immensity of their numbers and the rapidity of their growth , that large areas of the sea - bed , as well as lakes and estuaries , are ...
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accumulations ages America ancient antiquity areas arrangement aspects beds bituminous calcareous Cambrian Carboniferous Chalk changes chemical chiefly clays climate coal coal-fields course Cretaceous Crown 8vo crustacea crystalline debris decay deposits distribution of sea drifted dry land earth's crust eocene estuaries Europe existing extinct feet fishes flora and fauna formations forms fossils Geography geologists geology glacial epoch glacier globe gradually gravel heat higher igneous incessant ironstones islands lakes latitudes Laurentian lava less lignites limestones lower mammals masses matter MESOZOIC metamorphism mineral miocene nature newer numerous occur ocean Old Red Sandstone older Oolite operations organic PALEOZOIC partly period physical plants and animals pliocene portion present recent regions reptiles rivers rock-matter rocks rocky sand schists sea and land secondary sediments shales shell-fish shells silts Silurian Sketch soil species stage stone strata stratified surface terrestrial tertiary thickness tion Triassic variety vegetable veins vital volcano vulcanic zoophytes
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