Rain and Rivers, Or, Hutton and Playfair Against Lyell and All ComersLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 237 páginas |
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... Mountains while rising may be decreasing in height 138 Aerial denudation and deposit . 143 CHAPTER X. LYELL ON NEW RAVINES , AND ON THE GANGES . Formation of new ravines 147 ' Sunk roads ' the effect of aqueous denudation 148 Lyell on ...
... Mountains while rising may be decreasing in height 138 Aerial denudation and deposit . 143 CHAPTER X. LYELL ON NEW RAVINES , AND ON THE GANGES . Formation of new ravines 147 ' Sunk roads ' the effect of aqueous denudation 148 Lyell on ...
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... mountain . In this case deltas and alluviums would disappear ; but they would not go with a run , ' or by the direct action of rivers . Rivers would only cut ravines through them backward from the sea , the rest 4 [ CH . I. LYELL'S FOUR ...
... mountain . In this case deltas and alluviums would disappear ; but they would not go with a run , ' or by the direct action of rivers . Rivers would only cut ravines through them backward from the sea , the rest 4 [ CH . I. LYELL'S FOUR ...
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... mountains , subject to disinte- gration by frost or the action of torrents , some loose matter is washed down annually , especially during the melting of snow , and a check is given to the descent of the detritus at the point where it ...
... mountains , subject to disinte- gration by frost or the action of torrents , some loose matter is washed down annually , especially during the melting of snow , and a check is given to the descent of the detritus at the point where it ...
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... mountains of mode- rate elevation , unbroken by the bold peaks and precipices of Mont d'Or , and unadorned by the ... mountainous district was c 2 CH . II . ] 19 AND LAKES OF AUVERGNE .
... mountains of mode- rate elevation , unbroken by the bold peaks and precipices of Mont d'Or , and unadorned by the ... mountainous district was c 2 CH . II . ] 19 AND LAKES OF AUVERGNE .
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George Greenwood. drained and when the fertility of the mountainous district was probably enhanced by the igneous matter ejected from below , and poured down . upon the more sterile granite . During these changes which appear to have ...
George Greenwood. drained and when the fertility of the mountainous district was probably enhanced by the igneous matter ejected from below , and poured down . upon the more sterile granite . During these changes which appear to have ...
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