The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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Page 470
... TRIAS AND PERMIAN FORM- ATIONS 535-592 1 : The Trias and Permian Formations . 2. Geographical Distri- bution of the Trias and Permian . 3. Rock - salt and Brine- Springs . 4. Origin of Rock - Salt and Gypsum . 5. The Cheltenham Waters ...
... TRIAS AND PERMIAN FORM- ATIONS 535-592 1 : The Trias and Permian Formations . 2. Geographical Distri- bution of the Trias and Permian . 3. Rock - salt and Brine- Springs . 4. Origin of Rock - Salt and Gypsum . 5. The Cheltenham Waters ...
Page 478
... Trias , from Sulz - les - Bains 548 550 131. - Lily Encrinite , from the Muschelkalk , near Brunswick 132. - Natural casts of the foot - marks of the Labyrinthodon ( Chiro- therium ) , and casts of sun - cracks , on sandstone ; from ...
... Trias , from Sulz - les - Bains 548 550 131. - Lily Encrinite , from the Muschelkalk , near Brunswick 132. - Natural casts of the foot - marks of the Labyrinthodon ( Chiro- therium ) , and casts of sun - cracks , on sandstone ; from ...
Page 488
... Trias . As a whole , the series consists of alternations of clays , marls , limestones , sands , and sandstones , abounding in marine exuviæ , and which have evidently been deposited in the basin of a sea or seas . With these strata are ...
... Trias . As a whole , the series consists of alternations of clays , marls , limestones , sands , and sandstones , abounding in marine exuviæ , and which have evidently been deposited in the basin of a sea or seas . With these strata are ...
Page 489
... Trias , and that the Carboniferous system may be considered in a separate discourse . ) The fossil remains of the inhabitants of the Jurassic sea comprise a prodigious number of foraminifera , zoophytes , echinodermata , mollusca ...
... Trias , and that the Carboniferous system may be considered in a separate discourse . ) The fossil remains of the inhabitants of the Jurassic sea comprise a prodigious number of foraminifera , zoophytes , echinodermata , mollusca ...
Page 519
... Trias . Prof. Rogers finds reasons to regard this coal - field of Eastern Virginia as belonging to the same series of de- posits as the red sandstones and coaly shales of Carolina to the South , and of Maryland , New Jersey , and ...
... Trias . Prof. Rogers finds reasons to regard this coal - field of Eastern Virginia as belonging to the same series of de- posits as the red sandstones and coaly shales of Carolina to the South , and of Maryland , New Jersey , and ...
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