Elements of GeologyJohn Murray, 1838 - 543 Seiten |
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... a view to illustrate geological phe- nomena . The changes also which the organic world has undergone in modern times , the geo- graphical distribution of different species of ani- mals and plants , the causes of their multiplication and A ...
... a view to illustrate geological phe- nomena . The changes also which the organic world has undergone in modern times , the geo- graphical distribution of different species of ani- mals and plants , the causes of their multiplication and A ...
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... changes of the earth , and to which is prefixed a history of the opinions which have been entertained in this science , from the times of the earliest writers to the present day . The volume , therefore , now offered to the pub- lic ...
... changes of the earth , and to which is prefixed a history of the opinions which have been entertained in this science , from the times of the earliest writers to the present day . The volume , therefore , now offered to the pub- lic ...
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... Changes in organic life during accumulation of Oolites — Characteristic fossils — Signs of neighbouring land and shoals ( p . 380. ) — Sup- posed cetacea in Oolite — Oolite of Yorkshire and Scot- land ( p . 384. ) CHAPTER XVIII . OOLITE ...
... Changes in organic life during accumulation of Oolites — Characteristic fossils — Signs of neighbouring land and shoals ( p . 380. ) — Sup- posed cetacea in Oolite — Oolite of Yorkshire and Scot- land ( p . 384. ) CHAPTER XVIII . OOLITE ...
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... Inquiry how far the former Changes of the Earth's Surface are referable to Causes now in Operation ; with a GLOSSARY , containing an Explanation of Scientific Terms , and a copious Index . ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY . PART I. CHAPTER I. ON THE.
... Inquiry how far the former Changes of the Earth's Surface are referable to Causes now in Operation ; with a GLOSSARY , containing an Explanation of Scientific Terms , and a copious Index . ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY . PART I. CHAPTER I. ON THE.
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... and metals , which occur upon the surface of the earth , or at various depths beneath it . But , in pursuing these researches , we soon find ourselves led on to con- B sider the successive changes which have taken place in the.
... and metals , which occur upon the surface of the earth , or at various depths beneath it . But , in pursuing these researches , we soon find ourselves led on to con- B sider the successive changes which have taken place in the.
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alluvium Alps altered ancient aqueous argillaceous augite basalt beds bottom calcareous called carbonate of lime Carboniferous clay coal colour composed composition conglomerate consist containing corals crag cretaceous crystalline crystals denudation deposits dikes distinct earth earth's crust England Eocene feet felspar fish fissures Fitton flint formations fossiliferous strata fossils fragments freshwater genera genus Geol geological geologists gneiss grains granite green-sand greenstone horizontal hornblende hypogene igneous land lava layers Lias limestone lower Magnesian Limestone marine marl mass metamorphic rocks mica mica-schist mineral character mollusca mountain Newer Pliocene observed occur Old Red organic remains origin pebbles period plants Pliocene plutonic rocks porphyry position quartz Red sandstone rivers sand schist secondary sediment sedimentary seen shale siliceous Silurian slate slaty sometimes species stone strata stratified structure supposed surface syenite tertiary texture thickness trachyte Trans tuff upper veins volcanic rocks Wealden white chalk
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Seite 256 - Poets that lasting marble seek Must carve in Latin or in Greek; We write in sand, our language grows, And, like the tide, our work o'erflows.
Seite 395 - ... never found, at least I never saw one, even ten yards in-shore. It is a hideous-looking creature, of a dirty black colour, stupid, and sluggish in its movements. The usual length of a full-grown one is about a yard, but there are some even four feet long...
Seite 69 - Skye, which may be moulded like dough when first found; and some simple minerals, which are rigid and as hard as glass in our cabinets, are often flexible and soft in their native beds ; this is the case with asbestos, sahlite, tremolite, and chalcedony, and it is reported also to happen in the case of the beryl.* The marl recently deposited at the bottom of Lake Superior...
Seite 351 - If it be asked where the continent was placed from the ruins of which the Wealden strata were derived, and by the drainage of which a great river was fed, we are half tempted to speculate on the former existence of the Atlantis of Plato. The story of the submergence of an ancient continent, however fabulous in history, may be true as a geological event.
Seite i - For it is a philosophy which never rests, which has never attained, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and will be its starting-post to-morrow.
Seite 100 - The strike, or line of bearing, is the prolongation or extension of the strata in a direction at right angles to the dip ; and hence it is sometimes called the direction of the strata. Thus, in the above instance of strata dipping to the north, their strike must necessarily be east and west. We have borrowed the word from the German geologists, streichen signifying to extend, to have a certain direction. Dip and strike may be aptly illustrated by a row of houses running east and west, the long ridge...
Seite 395 - ... being motionless, and closely collapsed on its sides. A seaman on board sank one, with a heavy weight attached to it, thinking thus to kill it directly ; but when, an hour afterwards, he drew up the line, the lizard was quite active.
Seite 345 - The regular and uniform preservation of this thin bed of black earth over a distance of many miles, shows that the change from dry land to the state of a freshwater lake or estuary, was not accompanied by any violent denudation, or rush of water, since the loose black earth, together with the trees which lay prostrate on its surface, must inevitably have been swept away had any such violent catastrophe then taken place.
Seite 231 - Herschel, in allusion to slaty cleavage, has suggested, " that if rocks have been so heated as to allow a commencement of crystallization; that is to say, if they have been heated to a point at which the particles can begin to move amongst themselves, or at least on their own axes, some general law must then determine the position in which these particles will rest on cooling. Probably that position will have some relation to the direction in which the beat escapes. Now, when all, or a majority of...
Seite 275 - TJWC, eos, dawn, and iracvoc, cainos, recent, because the fossil shells of this period contain an extremely small proportion of living species, which may be looked upon as indicating the dawn of the existing state of the testaceous fauna, no recent species having been detected in the older or secondary rocks.
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