Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... sandstone , must have equally been the work of a slow process beneath the water . " — Mac- culloch's Geology , vol . i . pp . 81 , 82 . " Denudation is the removal of solid matter by running water , whether by a river or marine current ...
... sandstone , must have equally been the work of a slow process beneath the water . " — Mac- culloch's Geology , vol . i . pp . 81 , 82 . " Denudation is the removal of solid matter by running water , whether by a river or marine current ...
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... sandstone , shales , and clays ; nay , the very fragments of that rock are found everywhere . Even in our recent alluvial soils they abound ; and it is a ques- tion worth considering whether the granite boulders , of which the immediate ...
... sandstone , shales , and clays ; nay , the very fragments of that rock are found everywhere . Even in our recent alluvial soils they abound ; and it is a ques- tion worth considering whether the granite boulders , of which the immediate ...
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... sandstone , the lowest of the fossiliferous rocks on this continent , up to the upper division of the carbonife- rous group . Deposits of equally late date are found also in the lofty ranges of the Andes . " I will give a brief sketch ...
... sandstone , the lowest of the fossiliferous rocks on this continent , up to the upper division of the carbonife- rous group . Deposits of equally late date are found also in the lofty ranges of the Andes . " I will give a brief sketch ...
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... sandstone , converted by the former heat into quartz - rock . On the quartz there rest beds of a conglomerate several thousand feet in thickness , which have been upheaved by the red granite , and dip at an angle of 45 ° towards the ...
... sandstone , converted by the former heat into quartz - rock . On the quartz there rest beds of a conglomerate several thousand feet in thickness , which have been upheaved by the red granite , and dip at an angle of 45 ° towards the ...
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... sandstones and other remarkable sedimentary depo- sits ; the whole having a very close resemblance to some of the tertiary beds on the shores of the Pacific . From this resemblance I expected to find silicified wood , which is gene ...
... sandstones and other remarkable sedimentary depo- sits ; the whole having a very close resemblance to some of the tertiary beds on the shores of the Pacific . From this resemblance I expected to find silicified wood , which is gene ...
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