The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1866 |
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... layers of cherty flint ; green and ferruginous sands : Ammo- nites , Terebræ , Trigonia , with other marine exuviæ ; some bones of reptiles , and drifted wood . 2. Kimmeridge Clay ; -blue clay , with septaria , bands of sandy concretion ...
... layers of cherty flint ; green and ferruginous sands : Ammo- nites , Terebræ , Trigonia , with other marine exuviæ ; some bones of reptiles , and drifted wood . 2. Kimmeridge Clay ; -blue clay , with septaria , bands of sandy concretion ...
Page 493
... layers of which the concretions are composed ; and , as the colour varies from a pure white to a delicate brown , the sur- face is elegantly marked with zones of various tints . 8. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE OOLITE . - The strata ...
... layers of which the concretions are composed ; and , as the colour varies from a pure white to a delicate brown , the sur- face is elegantly marked with zones of various tints . 8. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE OOLITE . - The strata ...
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... layers of vegetable mould and petri- fied upright trunks of coniferous trees . The lower part of this group is composed of a bed of sand ( Portland sand ) from 50 to 80 feet thick , which gradually passes into the underlying clay . The ...
... layers of vegetable mould and petri- fied upright trunks of coniferous trees . The lower part of this group is composed of a bed of sand ( Portland sand ) from 50 to 80 feet thick , which gradually passes into the underlying clay . The ...
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... layers are sufficiently combusti- ble to be used as fuel . * This deposit is in some places 300 feet in thickness , but thins out very considerably in the northern counties of England . It extends into France and Switzerland . Near ...
... layers are sufficiently combusti- ble to be used as fuel . * This deposit is in some places 300 feet in thickness , but thins out very considerably in the northern counties of England . It extends into France and Switzerland . Near ...
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... layers of ironstone . Here , observes Professor Phil- lips , we have truly a coal - field of the Oolitic era , produced by the intercalation of vast quantities of sedimentary detri- tus loaded with vegetable matter , brought down by ...
... layers of ironstone . Here , observes Professor Phil- lips , we have truly a coal - field of the Oolitic era , produced by the intercalation of vast quantities of sedimentary detri- tus loaded with vegetable matter , brought down by ...
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abundant ancient animals appear basalt beds beneath bones British Bryozoa calcareous Carboniferous carbonized Chalk character clay coal coal-field coal-measures colour composed conglomerates coniferous containing corals Cornbrash crater crinoids crustaceans crystalline deposits Devonian England epoch erupted existing extinct feet ferns fishes flora Flustra formation fossil genera genus Geol Geological geologists 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 present Prof Quart Red Sandstone remarkable reptiles rocks sand schists shales shells Sigillaria Silurian South species specimens stems stone Stonesfield strata structure substance surface tertiary thickness tion Trans trees Trias Triassic upper vegetable veins volcanic Wealden Yorkshire zoophytes
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