Teneriffe, when it readies 3,150 fathoms; there the clay is pure and smooth, and contains scarcely a trace of lime. From this great depth the bottom gradually rises, and, with decreasing depth, the grey colour and the calcareous composition of the ooze... The Voyage of the "Challenger." - Página 224por Sir Charles Wyville Thomson - 1877Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1875 - 708 páginas
...been called " grey ooze ;" for although its nature has altered entirely from the " Globiyerina-ooze" the red clay into which it is rapidly passing still...soundings in 2050, 1900, and 1950 fathoms on the " Dolphin Eise," gave highly characteristic examples of the Qldbigerina formation. Passing from the middle plateau... | |
| 1875 - 1012 páginas
...lime. " The depth goes on increasing to a distance of 1,150 miles from Teneriffe, when it reaches 3,150 fathoms ; there the clay is pure and smooth, and contains...composition of the ooze return. Three soundings in 2,050, 1,900, and 1,950 fathoms on the ' Dolphin Rise ' gave highly characteristic examples of the... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1875 - 538 páginas
...lime. The depth goes on increasing to a distance of 1, 150 miles from Teneriffe, when it reaches 3, 150 fathoms ; there the clay is pure and smooth, and contains...composition of the ooze return. Three soundings in 2,050, 1,900, and 1,950 fathoms on the "Dolphin Rise," gave highly characteristic examples of the Globigerina... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1875 - 544 páginas
...lime. The depth goes on increasing to a distance of 1,150 miles from Teneriffe, when it reaches 3,150 fathoms ; there the clay is pure and smooth, and contains...composition of the ooze return. Three soundings in 2,050, 1,900, and 1,950 fathoms on the "Dolphin Rise," gave highly characteristic examples of the Globigerina... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1875 - 682 páginas
...Teneriffe, when it reaches 3150 fathoms ; there the clay is pure and smooth, and contains searcely a trace of lime. From this great depth the bottom...soundings in 2050, 1900, and 1950 fathoms on the " Dolphin Rlse," gave highly characteristic examples of the Globigerina formation. Passing from the middle plateau... | |
| 1875 - 806 páginas
...lime. "The depth goes on increasing to a distance of 1,150 miles from Teneriffe, when it reaches 3,150 fathoms; there the clay is pure and smooth, and contains...bottom gradually rises, and, with decreasing depth, the gray color and the calcareous composition of the ooze return. Three soundings, in 2,050, 1,900, and... | |
| Samuel Almond Miller - 1881 - 354 páginas
...increasing to a distance of 1,150 miles from Teneriffe, when it reaches 3,150 fathoms ; there the elay is pure and smooth, and contains scarcely a trace...bottom gradually rises; and with decreasing depth the gray color and the calcareous composition of the ooze return. Three soundings in 2,050, 1,900, and... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1894 - 428 páginas
...lime. " The depth goes on increasing to a distance of 1,150 miles from Teneriffe, when it reaches 3,150 fathoms; there the clay is pure and smooth, and contains...composition of the ooze return. Three soundings in 2,050, 1,900, and 1,950 fathoms on the ' Dolphin Rise ' gave highly characteristic examples of the... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1875 - 708 páginas
...a considerable admixture of carbonate of lime. The depth goes on increasing, to a distance of 1 150 miles from Teneriffe, when it reaches 3150 fathoms...soundings in 2050, 1900, and 1950 fathoms on the " Dolphin Eise," gave highly characteristic examples of the Globigerina formation. Passing from the middle plateau... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1875 - 824 páginas
...lime. " The depth goes on increasing to a distance of 1,150 miles from Teneriffe, when it reaches 3,150 fathoms ; there the clay is pure and smooth, and contains...great depth the bottom gradually rises, and, with increasing depth, the grey color and the calcareous composition of the ooze return. Three soundings... | |
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