Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... ORIGIN , 235 RAIN - PRINTS , SUN - CRACKS , RIPPLE - MARKS , FOOT - PRINTS , TRACKS , AND BURROWS , 244 RAISED BEACHES AND SUBMARINE FORESTS , 253 SPECIES - MAKING AND NOMENCLATURE , 265 SCENERY - ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND CAUSES , 272 A ...
... ORIGIN , 235 RAIN - PRINTS , SUN - CRACKS , RIPPLE - MARKS , FOOT - PRINTS , TRACKS , AND BURROWS , 244 RAISED BEACHES AND SUBMARINE FORESTS , 253 SPECIES - MAKING AND NOMENCLATURE , 265 SCENERY - ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND CAUSES , 272 A ...
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... origin , and that the fractures and faults among the older strata have been brought about by subterranean disturbance . In this way we get glimpses of the past conditions of the globe - the distribution of its lands and waters , the ...
... origin , and that the fractures and faults among the older strata have been brought about by subterranean disturbance . In this way we get glimpses of the past conditions of the globe - the distribution of its lands and waters , the ...
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... origin and evolution as a member of the solar system , belongs to cosmogony and astronomy , and not to geology ; and however attractive it may be as a speculation , it cannot be admitted among the observed facts and legitimate ...
... origin and evolution as a member of the solar system , belongs to cosmogony and astronomy , and not to geology ; and however attractive it may be as a speculation , it cannot be admitted among the observed facts and legitimate ...
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... origin and that of lacustrine , as we have for pronouncing a whale to be aquatic and a horse terrestrial . Nor is it otherwise with the unstratified rocks : we find them piled up in mountain masses , breaking through the stratified ...
... origin and that of lacustrine , as we have for pronouncing a whale to be aquatic and a horse terrestrial . Nor is it otherwise with the unstratified rocks : we find them piled up in mountain masses , breaking through the stratified ...
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... origin , and as having been derived by meteoric and aqueous action from pre- existing lands . They perceive that muds , sands , gravels , calcareous marls , and vegetable debris , are deposited under certain conditions and by certain ...
... origin , and as having been derived by meteoric and aqueous action from pre- existing lands . They perceive that muds , sands , gravels , calcareous marls , and vegetable debris , are deposited under certain conditions and by certain ...
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