Class-book of GeologyMacmillan and Company, 1890 - 516 páginas |
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... change has now been effected ; but the volume , though diminished in bulk , contains rather more matter than the first edition . Care has been taken to make the Index full and accurate . 30th June 1890 . CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE ...
... change has now been effected ; but the volume , though diminished in bulk , contains rather more matter than the first edition . Care has been taken to make the Index full and accurate . 30th June 1890 . CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE ...
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... CHANGES OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE CHAPTER III THE INFLUENCE OF RUNNING WATER IN GEOLOGICAL CHANGES , AND HOW IT IS RECORDED CHAPTER IV THE MEMORIALS LEFT BY LAKES . CHAPTER V HOW SPRINGS LEAVE THEIR MARK IN GEOLOGICAL HIS- TORY ΙΟ 23 42 49 ...
... CHANGES OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE CHAPTER III THE INFLUENCE OF RUNNING WATER IN GEOLOGICAL CHANGES , AND HOW IT IS RECORDED CHAPTER IV THE MEMORIALS LEFT BY LAKES . CHAPTER V HOW SPRINGS LEAVE THEIR MARK IN GEOLOGICAL HIS- TORY ΙΟ 23 42 49 ...
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... changes of its topo- graphy going on now , which have doubtless been in progress for a long time , and the accumulated effect of which may ultimately transform altogether the character of a landscape . A strong gale , for instance ...
... changes of its topo- graphy going on now , which have doubtless been in progress for a long time , and the accumulated effect of which may ultimately transform altogether the character of a landscape . A strong gale , for instance ...
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... changes in bygone times . Lakes , on which our rude forefathers paddled their canoes and built their wattled island - dwellings , have wholly disappeared . Bogs , over whose treacherous surface these early hunters could not follow the ...
... changes in bygone times . Lakes , on which our rude forefathers paddled their canoes and built their wattled island - dwellings , have wholly disappeared . Bogs , over whose treacherous surface these early hunters could not follow the ...
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... or chronological sequence ; in other words , we can be confident that the bottom layer came first and the top layer last . This kind of observation and reasoning will enable us to I 3 GEOLOGICAL CHANGES WITNESSED BY MAN.
... or chronological sequence ; in other words , we can be confident that the bottom layer came first and the top layer last . This kind of observation and reasoning will enable us to I 3 GEOLOGICAL CHANGES WITNESSED BY MAN.
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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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