Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... pliocene for those strata which are sometimes called post - tertiary , or modern , and which are characterized by having all the imbedded fossil shells identical with species now living , whereas even the newer - pliocene , or newest of ...
... pliocene for those strata which are sometimes called post - tertiary , or modern , and which are characterized by having all the imbedded fossil shells identical with species now living , whereas even the newer - pliocene , or newest of ...
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... pliocene period . " Such an upward movement has been proved to be in progress in Norway and Sweden throughout an area about 1,000 miles north and south , and for an unknown distance east and west . ... Accordingly , we find near ...
... pliocene period . " Such an upward movement has been proved to be in progress in Norway and Sweden throughout an area about 1,000 miles north and south , and for an unknown distance east and west . ... Accordingly , we find near ...
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... pliocene strata , the upper of the tertiary . " M. Murchison and De Verneuil found in 1840 that the flat country between St. Petersburgh and Archangel , for a distance of 600 miles , consists of horizontal strata , full of shells ...
... pliocene strata , the upper of the tertiary . " M. Murchison and De Verneuil found in 1840 that the flat country between St. Petersburgh and Archangel , for a distance of 600 miles , consists of horizontal strata , full of shells ...
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... pliocene , and newer - pliocene , and has most ably illustrated their his- tory in his Principles of Geology . " The term eocene implies the commencement or dawn of the existing state of the animal creation ; the strata IN RESPECT TO ...
... pliocene , and newer - pliocene , and has most ably illustrated their his- tory in his Principles of Geology . " The term eocene implies the commencement or dawn of the existing state of the animal creation ; the strata IN RESPECT TO ...
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... pliocene taken together , the majority of the shells belong to living species ; the recent species in the newer being much more abundant than in the older division . " To the older pliocene belong the Sub - Appenine marine formations ...
... pliocene taken together , the majority of the shells belong to living species ; the recent species in the newer being much more abundant than in the older division . " To the older pliocene belong the Sub - Appenine marine formations ...
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