Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... FORMATION AND METAMORPHOSES , • 19 32 48 57 78 105 117 BY THE SEA - SHORE , · 127 LOCHLANDS , AND THE TALE THEY TELL , 137 SPRINGS IN THEIR GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS , 146 · SPLIT OR FRACTURED BOULDERS , CONGLOMERATES AND BRECCIAS , MAPPING OF ...
... FORMATION AND METAMORPHOSES , • 19 32 48 57 78 105 117 BY THE SEA - SHORE , · 127 LOCHLANDS , AND THE TALE THEY TELL , 137 SPRINGS IN THEIR GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS , 146 · SPLIT OR FRACTURED BOULDERS , CONGLOMERATES AND BRECCIAS , MAPPING OF ...
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... There can be no waste save from pre - existing rocks ; the earliest stratified formation in the earth's crust proclaims by its structure and arrangement that it is but the waste and debris of some 12 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
... There can be no waste save from pre - existing rocks ; the earliest stratified formation in the earth's crust proclaims by its structure and arrangement that it is but the waste and debris of some 12 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
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... formation that preceded it . And further , as the forces that now act leave record of their operations in the rocks they produce , so the older rocks contain the history of the manner in which they were formed and of the conditions ...
... formation that preceded it . And further , as the forces that now act leave record of their operations in the rocks they produce , so the older rocks contain the history of the manner in which they were formed and of the conditions ...
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... formation . Again , we see how unstratified rock - masses are produced by volcanic eruption , and how the earth's crust is rent and fissured by earthquake convulsions , and we rightly infer that all unstratified rocks are of igneous ...
... formation . Again , we see how unstratified rock - masses are produced by volcanic eruption , and how the earth's crust is rent and fissured by earthquake convulsions , and we rightly infer that all unstratified rocks are of igneous ...
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... formation , the student has before him a task which , however arduous , is at least intelligible , and hopefully ... formations , or systems ; and by arrang- ing them in chronological sequence he gains a view of the long line of world ...
... formation , the student has before him a task which , however arduous , is at least intelligible , and hopefully ... formations , or systems ; and by arrang- ing them in chronological sequence he gains a view of the long line of world ...
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Página 135 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
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