Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volumen 2Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1837 |
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... represents 30 kinds of Sedimentary Deposits , and 8 varieties of Unstratified Rocks ; it also shows the dispositions of intruded Dikes , Metalliferous Veins , and Faults . Plate 25 ' . Fossil Crocodileans and Chelonian . 26.
... represents 30 kinds of Sedimentary Deposits , and 8 varieties of Unstratified Rocks ; it also shows the dispositions of intruded Dikes , Metalliferous Veins , and Faults . Plate 25 ' . Fossil Crocodileans and Chelonian . 26.
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... represented , no fact is inserted for which authority cannot be found . The near approximation of this synoptic representation to the facts exhibited by an actual section , may be estimated by comparing it with the admirable sec- tion ...
... represented , no fact is inserted for which authority cannot be found . The near approximation of this synoptic representation to the facts exhibited by an actual section , may be estimated by comparing it with the admirable sec- tion ...
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... represented in the section , accord- ing to their most usual order of succession ; and I have de- signated by letters the crystalline or unstratified rocks , and the injected masses and dikes , as well as the metallic veins , and lines ...
... represented in the section , accord- ing to their most usual order of succession ; and I have de- signated by letters the crystalline or unstratified rocks , and the injected masses and dikes , as well as the metallic veins , and lines ...
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... represented in the Section now before us are more consistent with the Postulates of this Hypothesis , than with those of any other that has hitherto been proposed . I have , therefore , felt it indispen- sable to adopt its language , as ...
... represented in the Section now before us are more consistent with the Postulates of this Hypothesis , than with those of any other that has hitherto been proposed . I have , therefore , felt it indispen- sable to adopt its language , as ...
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William Buckland. Strata , are represented as occurring on each side of this ele- vated Granite , which is supposed ... represents a dike and protruded mass of Granite 4 EXPLANATION OF PLATE I.
William Buckland. Strata , are represented as occurring on each side of this ele- vated Granite , which is supposed ... represents a dike and protruded mass of Granite 4 EXPLANATION OF PLATE I.
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