The Building of the British Isles: A Study in Geographical EvolutionG. Bell, 1888 - 343 pages |
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... whole area has formed part of continental land , and at other times it has been almost entirely submerged beneath the sea . But we can look back to an epoch in the geographical history of Britain when the foundations of our islands had ...
... whole area has formed part of continental land , and at other times it has been almost entirely submerged beneath the sea . But we can look back to an epoch in the geographical history of Britain when the foundations of our islands had ...
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... whole system of rocks be absent , we may reasonably suppose that the area in question was land throughout the whole of that particular period . If , however , the gap is very great , and several systems of rocks are missing , we must ...
... whole system of rocks be absent , we may reasonably suppose that the area in question was land throughout the whole of that particular period . If , however , the gap is very great , and several systems of rocks are missing , we must ...
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... whole of the period , and belonging , therefore , to different stages at different places . The Lower Cambrian rocks are not known to exist east of the Longmynd , but Upper Cambrian shales have been found in Warwickshire , and may occur ...
... whole of the period , and belonging , therefore , to different stages at different places . The Lower Cambrian rocks are not known to exist east of the Longmynd , but Upper Cambrian shales have been found in Warwickshire , and may occur ...
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... whole Cambrian series is not 700 feet thick ; the basal sandstones are 300 feet , and the overlying beds are such as would be formed at a distance from land , being blue clays surmounted by glauconitic shales and limestones like some of ...
... whole Cambrian series is not 700 feet thick ; the basal sandstones are 300 feet , and the overlying beds are such as would be formed at a distance from land , being blue clays surmounted by glauconitic shales and limestones like some of ...
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... whole , of Wales formed part of the Ordovician sea , and in this area the Cambrian sedi- ments are succeeded by a thick series of comparatively deep - water rocks , though they certainly were not formed at any great distance from land ...
... whole , of Wales formed part of the Ordovician sea , and in this area the Cambrian sedi- ments are succeeded by a thick series of comparatively deep - water rocks , though they certainly were not formed at any great distance from land ...
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