Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... gravel , mud , and vegetable matter , with which they were loaded , through all its waters , and cause their deposition in layers co - exten- sive with its bed . None of the present rivers of the globe enter the ocean with such an ...
... gravel , mud , and vegetable matter , with which they were loaded , through all its waters , and cause their deposition in layers co - exten- sive with its bed . None of the present rivers of the globe enter the ocean with such an ...
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... Geology , vol . i . p . 464 . - " The detritus of the first dry lands being drifted into the sea , and then spread out into extensive beds of mud , and sand , and gravel , would have for ever remained 126 DIFFICULTIES OF GEOLOGISTS.
... Geology , vol . i . p . 464 . - " The detritus of the first dry lands being drifted into the sea , and then spread out into extensive beds of mud , and sand , and gravel , would have for ever remained 126 DIFFICULTIES OF GEOLOGISTS.
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David Nevins Lord. sand , and gravel , would have for ever remained beneath the surface of the water , had not other forces been subsequently employed to raise them into dry land ; these forces appear to have been the same expansive ...
David Nevins Lord. sand , and gravel , would have for ever remained beneath the surface of the water , had not other forces been subsequently employed to raise them into dry land ; these forces appear to have been the same expansive ...
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... gravel , in the midst of which is a layer of marl , evidently formed originally at the bottom of the Baltic , by the slow growth of mussel , cockle , and other marine shells , intermixed with some of the fresh - water species . The ...
... gravel , in the midst of which is a layer of marl , evidently formed originally at the bottom of the Baltic , by the slow growth of mussel , cockle , and other marine shells , intermixed with some of the fresh - water species . The ...
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... gravel which encloses it , is decidedly of much more modern origin than the drift or boulder clay of the same region . ” — Man . Geol . , p . 138 . No demonstration could be more absolute than is presented by these facts that a large ...
... gravel which encloses it , is decidedly of much more modern origin than the drift or boulder clay of the same region . ” — Man . Geol . , p . 138 . No demonstration could be more absolute than is presented by these facts that a large ...
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