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 113
... sandstone or calcareous breccia of Cumana , is filled with fossil shells in as perfect preservation as those of other tertiary limestones in France and Italy . We detached some blocks , containing oysters eight inches in diameter ...
... sandstone or calcareous breccia of Cumana , is filled with fossil shells in as perfect preservation as those of other tertiary limestones in France and Italy . We detached some blocks , containing oysters eight inches in diameter ...
Page 118
... sandstone . Analogous chemical actions may take place in primitive and transition slates , as well as in ter- tiary formations . All slates , and this fact is very important , THE LAGUNA GRANDE . 119 contain nearly five per cent.
... sandstone . Analogous chemical actions may take place in primitive and transition slates , as well as in ter- tiary formations . All slates , and this fact is very important , THE LAGUNA GRANDE . 119 contain nearly five per cent.
Page 165
... sandstone , and another of gypsum . The former has , in its aspect and composition , some resemblance to the Jura formation . It is white , or of a clear ochre - yellow , with a dull fracture , sometimes conchoidal , sometimes smooth ...
... sandstone , and another of gypsum . The former has , in its aspect and composition , some resemblance to the Jura formation . It is white , or of a clear ochre - yellow , with a dull fracture , sometimes conchoidal , sometimes smooth ...
Page 304
... sandstones of the Cordillera of Chachapoyas . The mountains are lofty near the Embarcadero , at the confluence of the Imasa , where large trees of cinchona , which might be easily transplanted to Cayenne , or the Canaries , approach the ...
... sandstones of the Cordillera of Chachapoyas . The mountains are lofty near the Embarcadero , at the confluence of the Imasa , where large trees of cinchona , which might be easily transplanted to Cayenne , or the Canaries , approach the ...
Page 369
... sandstone or silicious conglomerate . In the littoral Cordillera of Venezuela the granitic formations predominate ; but they are wanting towards the east , and especially in the southern chain , where we observe ( in the missions of ...
... sandstone or silicious conglomerate . In the littoral Cordillera of Venezuela the granitic formations predominate ; but they are wanting towards the east , and especially in the southern chain , where we observe ( in the missions of ...
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