Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... repose several huge erratics , consisting of gneiss , ... which must have been brought into their present position since the time when the neighboring gulf was already characterized by its pecu- liar 158 DIFFICULTIES OF GEOLOGISTS.
... repose several huge erratics , consisting of gneiss , ... which must have been brought into their present position since the time when the neighboring gulf was already characterized by its pecu- liar 158 DIFFICULTIES OF GEOLOGISTS.
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... gneiss , and mica slate , and hornblende slate , and clay slate . In the detritus thus swept from the early lands into the most ancient seas , we view the commencement of that enormous series of derivative strata which by long contin ...
... gneiss , and mica slate , and hornblende slate , and clay slate . In the detritus thus swept from the early lands into the most ancient seas , we view the commencement of that enormous series of derivative strata which by long contin ...
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... the great mass of deposits which rest upon the primary gneiss and mica schist ? Probably the true answer to this , though we cannot now give adequate proof of it , is that the RESPECTING THE MATERIALS OF THE STRATA . 191.
... the great mass of deposits which rest upon the primary gneiss and mica schist ? Probably the true answer to this , though we cannot now give adequate proof of it , is that the RESPECTING THE MATERIALS OF THE STRATA . 191.
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... gneiss and mica schist , has been the prolific source of all these sedi- mentary strata . Analysis of the principal rocks of the slaty systems does certainly not contradict this view ; which neither those who admit with Leibnitz the ...
... gneiss and mica schist , has been the prolific source of all these sedi- mentary strata . Analysis of the principal rocks of the slaty systems does certainly not contradict this view ; which neither those who admit with Leibnitz the ...
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... gneiss , quartz rock , sandstones , shales , and sand and gravel . They could have furnished nothing , except on a scale too insig- * Phillips's Geology , vol . ii . , pp . 65 , 66 . nificant to merit consideration , towards the ...
... gneiss , quartz rock , sandstones , shales , and sand and gravel . They could have furnished nothing , except on a scale too insig- * Phillips's Geology , vol . ii . , pp . 65 , 66 . nificant to merit consideration , towards the ...
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