Class-book of GeologyMacmillan and Company, 1890 - 516 páginas |
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... ancient and durable . We speak of the firm earth , of the everlasting hills , of the imperishable mountains , as if , where all else is fleeting and mutable , these forms at least remain unchanged . And yet attentive observation of what ...
... ancient and durable . We speak of the firm earth , of the everlasting hills , of the imperishable mountains , as if , where all else is fleeting and mutable , these forms at least remain unchanged . And yet attentive observation of what ...
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... place so imperceptibly as never to be noticed . Fortunately , in many cases , these mutations of the land have written their own memorials , which can be as satisfactorily interpreted as the ancient manu- 2 CHAP . INTRODUCTORY.
... place so imperceptibly as never to be noticed . Fortunately , in many cases , these mutations of the land have written their own memorials , which can be as satisfactorily interpreted as the ancient manu- 2 CHAP . INTRODUCTORY.
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Archibald Geikie. which can be as satisfactorily interpreted as the ancient manu- scripts from which our early national history is compiled . In illustration of the character of these natural chronicles , let us for a moment consider the ...
Archibald Geikie. which can be as satisfactorily interpreted as the ancient manu- scripts from which our early national history is compiled . In illustration of the character of these natural chronicles , let us for a moment consider the ...
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... ancient mutations of the land . Suppose , by way of further illustration , that underneath a bed of sand full of oyster - shells , there lies a dark brown band of peat . This substance , composed of mosses and other water - loving ...
... ancient mutations of the land . Suppose , by way of further illustration , that underneath a bed of sand full of oyster - shells , there lies a dark brown band of peat . This substance , composed of mosses and other water - loving ...
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... ancient race of people unless he had first dis- covered a key to the language in which they are written , so the geologist would find himself baffled in his efforts to trace backward the history of the earth if he were not provided with ...
... ancient race of people unless he had first dis- covered a key to the language in which they are written , so the geologist would find himself baffled in his efforts to trace backward the history of the earth if he were not provided with ...
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abundant accumulated acid Ammonites ancient Assistant Master beds BOOK bottom Brachiopods calcareous calcite Cambrian Cambridge carbonate of lime Carboniferous Chapter chiefly clay College containing corals Cretaceous crinoids crystalline crystals decay deposits detritus Devonian earth earth's crust Edited ELEMENTARY Eocene eruptive Europe evidence example extinct fauna Fcap feet fissures fossils genera GEOGRAPHY geological history glacier globe gradually granite gravel GREEK ground Illustrated Jurassic kinds known lakes land lava layers limestone living lower marine marls mass materials Mesozoic mineral Miocene mountains natural occur Old Red Sandstone organic remains original Palæozoic Paleozoic period Permian plants and animals Pliocene present preserved Prof Professor quartz Red Sandstone regions revised rivers rocks sand schists sediment sedimentary sedimentary rocks shales sheets shells siliceous Silurian soil solid sometimes species stone strata structure substance surface terrestrial Tertiary thick trace Triassic upper various vegetation volcanic
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