Sketch-book of Popular GeologyWilliam P. Nimmo, 1869 - 356 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 68–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... Old Red Sandstone and Boulder - Clay - The Boul- der - Clay formed while the Land was subsiding- The Groovings and Polishings of the Rocks in the Lower Parts of the Country Page Evidences of the fact - Sir Charles Lyell's Observations.
... Old Red Sandstone and Boulder - Clay - The Boul- der - Clay formed while the Land was subsiding- The Groovings and Polishings of the Rocks in the Lower Parts of the Country Page Evidences of the fact - Sir Charles Lyell's Observations.
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... Lower Formation - The Middle Forma- tion the most abundant in Organic Remains - Destruction of Ani- mal Life in the Formation sudden and violent - The Asterolepis and Coccosteus - The Silurian the Oldest of the Geologic Systems —That in ...
... Lower Formation - The Middle Forma- tion the most abundant in Organic Remains - Destruction of Ani- mal Life in the Formation sudden and violent - The Asterolepis and Coccosteus - The Silurian the Oldest of the Geologic Systems —That in ...
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... lower than they had formerly appeared . Considerable misconception has arisen on this head . The Middle Purbeck beds , recently ex- plored by Mr Beckles , in which various small mammals were found , occur considerably farther up than ...
... lower than they had formerly appeared . Considerable misconception has arisen on this head . The Middle Purbeck beds , recently ex- plored by Mr Beckles , in which various small mammals were found , occur considerably farther up than ...
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... Lower Purbeck Oolite ; and then , after the Middle Purbeck , there occurs a great hiatus throughout the Weald , Green Sand , Gault , and Chalk , wherein no quadrupedal remains have been found ; until at length we are introduced , in the ...
... Lower Purbeck Oolite ; and then , after the Middle Purbeck , there occurs a great hiatus throughout the Weald , Green Sand , Gault , and Chalk , wherein no quadrupedal remains have been found ; until at length we are introduced , in the ...
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... lower beds of the Chatham Secondary Coal - field , North Carolina ( of the same age as those of Virginia , and probably of the Wurtem- berg Keuper ) , the jaws of another minute mammal , which he calls Dromotherium Sylvestre . Lastly ...
... lower beds of the Chatham Secondary Coal - field , North Carolina ( of the same age as those of Virginia , and probably of the Wurtem- berg Keuper ) , the jaws of another minute mammal , which he calls Dromotherium Sylvestre . Lastly ...
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Sketch-book of Popular Geology: Being a Series of Lectures Delivered Before ... Hugh Miller Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1859 |
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