Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... miles north and south , and for an unknown distance east and west . ... Accordingly , we find near Stockholm , in Sweden , horizontal beds of sand loam and marl contain- ing the same peculiar assemblage of testacea which now live in the ...
... miles north and south , and for an unknown distance east and west . ... Accordingly , we find near Stockholm , in Sweden , horizontal beds of sand loam and marl contain- ing the same peculiar assemblage of testacea which now live in the ...
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... miles , consists of horizontal strata , full of shells similar to those now inhabiting the Arctic Sea , on which rested the boulder formation . " In Sweden in the neighborhood of Upsala , I observed in 1834 a ridge of stratified sand ...
... miles , consists of horizontal strata , full of shells similar to those now inhabiting the Arctic Sea , on which rested the boulder formation . " In Sweden in the neighborhood of Upsala , I observed in 1834 a ridge of stratified sand ...
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... miles below the Falls , has been slowly effected , since that fluvia- tile deposit was thrown down . " Whether or not , in assigning a period of more than 30,000 years for the recession of the Falls from Queenstown to their present site ...
... miles below the Falls , has been slowly effected , since that fluvia- tile deposit was thrown down . " Whether or not , in assigning a period of more than 30,000 years for the recession of the Falls from Queenstown to their present site ...
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... miles in thickness , by materials worn from previous rocks , and more or less commi- nuted ; time enough , also , to allow of hundreds of changes in the materials deposited , such changes as now require a long period for the production ...
... miles in thickness , by materials worn from previous rocks , and more or less commi- nuted ; time enough , also , to allow of hundreds of changes in the materials deposited , such changes as now require a long period for the production ...
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... miles . This is indeed but a small depth in comparison with the diameter of the globe ; but small as it is , it affords certain evidence of a long series of changes and revolutions , affect- ing not only the mineral condition of the ...
... miles . This is indeed but a small depth in comparison with the diameter of the globe ; but small as it is , it affords certain evidence of a long series of changes and revolutions , affect- ing not only the mineral condition of the ...
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