Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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Page 93
... sandstone , containing some vestiges of fossil wood ( of the family of monocotyledons ) , is seen everywhere in the plains of Calabozo : farther east it is overlaid by calcareous and gypseous rocks , which conceal it from the research ...
... sandstone , containing some vestiges of fossil wood ( of the family of monocotyledons ) , is seen everywhere in the plains of Calabozo : farther east it is overlaid by calcareous and gypseous rocks , which conceal it from the research ...
Page 96
... of South America , little elevations rising slightly above the general elevation of the plain are called bancos and mesas , from their supposed resemblance to benches and tables . · CAUSES OF LARGE PLAINS . 97 on red sandstone ,
... of South America , little elevations rising slightly above the general elevation of the plain are called bancos and mesas , from their supposed resemblance to benches and tables . · CAUSES OF LARGE PLAINS . 97 on red sandstone ,
Page 97
... sandstone , or on compact limestone and gypsum ; it varies according as periodical inundations accumulate mud on the lower grounds , or as the shock of the waters carries away from the small elevations the little soil that has covered ...
... sandstone , or on compact limestone and gypsum ; it varies according as periodical inundations accumulate mud on the lower grounds , or as the shock of the waters carries away from the small elevations the little soil that has covered ...
Page 102
... sandstone ) which covers a great part of the Llanos of Venezuela and of the basin of the Amazon , contains no doubt fragments of the same primitive rocks which constitute the neighbouring mountains ; but the convulsions , of which these ...
... sandstone ) which covers a great part of the Llanos of Venezuela and of the basin of the Amazon , contains no doubt fragments of the same primitive rocks which constitute the neighbouring mountains ; but the convulsions , of which these ...
Page 105
... sandstone , whence the springs of the Bergantin issue , of the same formation as the sandstone of the Impossible and the Tumiriquiri ? The temperature of the thermal waters is only 43.2 ° cent . ( the atmosphere being 27 ° ) . They flow ...
... sandstone , whence the springs of the Bergantin issue , of the same formation as the sandstone of the Impossible and the Tumiriquiri ? The temperature of the thermal waters is only 43.2 ° cent . ( the atmosphere being 27 ° ) . They flow ...
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