The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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abundant ancient animals appear basalt beds beneath bones British Bryozoa calcareous Carboniferous carbonized cells Chalk character clay coal coal-field coal-measures colour composed conglomerates coniferous containing corals Cornbrash crater crinoids crustaceans crystalline deposits Devonian Edition England epoch erupted existing extinct feet fishes flora Flustra formation fossil genera genus Geol Geological gneiss granite Hill igneous Iguanodon islands Isle Journ Jurassic land lava layers Lias Lign limestone lower Lyell marine mass matter Medals of Creation Memoir miles mineral molluscs mountain Mountain-limestone Murchison nature North numerous observations occur Old Red Old Red Sandstone Oolite organic remains paleozoic period Permian Petrifactions plants pliocene polypes Portrait present Prof Quart Red Sandstone remarkable reptiles rocks sand schists shales shells Sigillaria Silurian skeleton species specimens stems stone Stonesfield strata structure substance surface tertiary thickness tion trees Trias Triassic upper vegetable veins volcanic Wealden Yorkshire Zoophytes