Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... submerged and new ones upheaved , and the distribution of sea and land , at every change , more or less affected . Nor is it to mere physical and mechanical changes alone that the earth is subjected ; every new distribution of sea and ...
... submerged and new ones upheaved , and the distribution of sea and land , at every change , more or less affected . Nor is it to mere physical and mechanical changes alone that the earth is subjected ; every new distribution of sea and ...
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... submerged or upheaved in an instant . Again , as regards the organically - formed strata - the limestone and coals - there is not a bed of any extent that does not bear evidence of its slow , gradual , and uniform increase ; the growth ...
... submerged or upheaved in an instant . Again , as regards the organically - formed strata - the limestone and coals - there is not a bed of any extent that does not bear evidence of its slow , gradual , and uniform increase ; the growth ...
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... submerged forests ; and to similar accumu- lations we may ascribe the lignites , coals , anthracites , and graphites of the older formations . As the vegetable masses of the current epoch vary in extent , thickness , purity of ...
... submerged forests ; and to similar accumu- lations we may ascribe the lignites , coals , anthracites , and graphites of the older formations . As the vegetable masses of the current epoch vary in extent , thickness , purity of ...
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... submerged forest - growths were flourishing high and dry , the sheltering abodes of an equally luxuriant fauna . Considering the numerous places at which they are exposed ( see Chapter on Raised Beaches and Submarine Forests ) , and the ...
... submerged forest - growths were flourishing high and dry , the sheltering abodes of an equally luxuriant fauna . Considering the numerous places at which they are exposed ( see Chapter on Raised Beaches and Submarine Forests ) , and the ...
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... submerged and upheaved , sub- jected to vulcanic disturbance at successive periods , and during each period has been long the prey of aërial waste and aqueous erosion , it is impossible to ascribe its existing scenery to one or even to ...
... submerged and upheaved , sub- jected to vulcanic disturbance at successive periods , and during each period has been long the prey of aërial waste and aqueous erosion , it is impossible to ascribe its existing scenery to one or even to ...
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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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