Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... igneous are equally active in restoring the unevenness of the external crust , partly by heaping up new matter in ... rocks and fragments . Rocks and the larger fragments are composed of earths or of minerals , and of IT IS NOT A SCIENCE ...
... igneous are equally active in restoring the unevenness of the external crust , partly by heaping up new matter in ... rocks and fragments . Rocks and the larger fragments are composed of earths or of minerals , and of IT IS NOT A SCIENCE ...
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... igneous rocks , to which -- on what seem good grounds - we have already ascribed the origin of gneiss and mica schist , has been the prolific source of all these sedi- mentary strata . Analysis of the principal rocks of the slaty ...
... igneous rocks , to which -- on what seem good grounds - we have already ascribed the origin of gneiss and mica schist , has been the prolific source of all these sedi- mentary strata . Analysis of the principal rocks of the slaty ...
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... rocks rising from below all the strata , and bearing them up to their present elevations . From these elevated points and lines , both the subjacent igneous and the superior stratified rocks descend at various angles towards the plains ...
... rocks rising from below all the strata , and bearing them up to their present elevations . From these elevated points and lines , both the subjacent igneous and the superior stratified rocks descend at various angles towards the plains ...
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... igneous rocks of Auvergne , MM . Croiset and Jobert consider that there are about thirty beds above the fresh - water limestone , which may be divided into four alternations of alluvial detritus and basaltic depos- its . Among the beds ...
... igneous rocks of Auvergne , MM . Croiset and Jobert consider that there are about thirty beds above the fresh - water limestone , which may be divided into four alternations of alluvial detritus and basaltic depos- its . Among the beds ...
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... rock . In granite those elements , with a slight mixture of potash , iron , and lime , are combined in three different proportions in crystals of quartz , felspar , and mica , or ... igneous rocks RESPECTING THE MATERIALS OF THE STRATA . 237.
... rock . In granite those elements , with a slight mixture of potash , iron , and lime , are combined in three different proportions in crystals of quartz , felspar , and mica , or ... igneous rocks RESPECTING THE MATERIALS OF THE STRATA . 237.
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