Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... pebbles necessarily implies that there has been some- where else a grinding down of rocks into rounded fragments , sand , or mud , equal in quantity to the new strata . All depo- sitions , therefore , except in the case of a shower of ...
... pebbles necessarily implies that there has been some- where else a grinding down of rocks into rounded fragments , sand , or mud , equal in quantity to the new strata . All depo- sitions , therefore , except in the case of a shower of ...
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... pebbles , sand , and finely comminuted mud , which were widely diffused , and gradually or rapidly precipitated upon the ocean bed . " - Hall's Geology of West- ern New York , p . 521 . If no trace of those continents now remains , it ...
... pebbles , sand , and finely comminuted mud , which were widely diffused , and gradually or rapidly precipitated upon the ocean bed . " - Hall's Geology of West- ern New York , p . 521 . If no trace of those continents now remains , it ...
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... pebbles , or ice . The cavities that are cut where the water rushes down rapids or over falls , are caused by the whirl of gravel and pebbles in depressions , not by the mere passage RESPECTING THE MATERIALS OF THE STRATA . 229.
... pebbles , or ice . The cavities that are cut where the water rushes down rapids or over falls , are caused by the whirl of gravel and pebbles in depressions , not by the mere passage RESPECTING THE MATERIALS OF THE STRATA . 229.
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... pebbles . " We will not deny the action of rivers and running waters when they furrow friable ground covered with secondary formations . But the granite rocks of Elephantine have probably no more changed their absolute height during ...
... pebbles . " We will not deny the action of rivers and running waters when they furrow friable ground covered with secondary formations . But the granite rocks of Elephantine have probably no more changed their absolute height during ...
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... pebbles in the gullies at the foot of the mountains . In the Nile , as well as in the Oroonoko , the rapids may diminish their fall , without the rocky dykes being perceptibly altered . " - Humboldt's Nar- rative , vol . v . pp . 62 ...
... pebbles in the gullies at the foot of the mountains . In the Nile , as well as in the Oroonoko , the rapids may diminish their fall , without the rocky dykes being perceptibly altered . " - Humboldt's Nar- rative , vol . v . pp . 62 ...
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