The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1866 |
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... Mountain - chains . 39. Systems of Elevation . 43. The Great Caledonian Valley . 41. Structure of Ben Nevis . 42. Retro- spect . 43. Successive changes in the Organic Kingdoms . 44. Geological effects of Dynamical and Chemical Action ...
... Mountain - chains . 39. Systems of Elevation . 43. The Great Caledonian Valley . 41. Structure of Ben Nevis . 42. Retro- spect . 43. Successive changes in the Organic Kingdoms . 44. Geological effects of Dynamical and Chemical Action ...
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... Mountain - limestone and Silurian formations 664 157. - Pentacrinites subangularis 665 158. - Cup - like Encrinites 666 159. - Sections of the strata of Devonshire 697 160. - Erupted trap - rock in the Dudley Coal - field 700 161 ...
... Mountain - limestone and Silurian formations 664 157. - Pentacrinites subangularis 665 158. - Cup - like Encrinites 666 159. - Sections of the strata of Devonshire 697 160. - Erupted trap - rock in the Dudley Coal - field 700 161 ...
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... mountains of the Continent , viz . in Normandy and Brittany , on the south - west ; or in the forest of Ardennes , on the ... mountain - range comprises the whole series of these rocks , the con- tinental geologists , dividing them into ...
... mountains of the Continent , viz . in Normandy and Brittany , on the south - west ; or in the forest of Ardennes , on the ... mountain - range comprises the whole series of these rocks , the con- tinental geologists , dividing them into ...
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... Mountains , at Raton Mountain and Muddy River . + Sir P. Egerton's genus Dictyopyge consists of some of Mr. W. C. Redfield's Catopteri . See Silliman's Journal , 1856 , vol . xxii . p . 357 , and Geol . Soc , Journal , vol . iii , p ...
... Mountains , at Raton Mountain and Muddy River . + Sir P. Egerton's genus Dictyopyge consists of some of Mr. W. C. Redfield's Catopteri . See Silliman's Journal , 1856 , vol . xxii . p . 357 , and Geol . Soc , Journal , vol . iii , p ...
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... Mountain - limestone and De Mendip Hills , 1092 feet . Dundry Hills , 700 feet . Devonian South of Malmesbury . Oxford Clay Inferior Oolite Great Oolite Devonian Trias с 5 4 3 LIGN . 124 - SECTION FROM SOUTH OF MALMESBURY THROUGH THE ...
... Mountain - limestone and De Mendip Hills , 1092 feet . Dundry Hills , 700 feet . Devonian South of Malmesbury . Oxford Clay Inferior Oolite Great Oolite Devonian Trias с 5 4 3 LIGN . 124 - SECTION FROM SOUTH OF MALMESBURY THROUGH THE ...
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