Rain and Rivers, Or, Hutton and Playfair Against Lyell and All ComersLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 237 páginas |
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... never permanent in any part . 57 How rivers run through ridges of hills even without ponding , as in the Weald • 6 The Weald valley ' may become ' the oolitic valley ' 60 57 60 Mantell's diluvial valley 61 The axial valley of the Rother ...
... never permanent in any part . 57 How rivers run through ridges of hills even without ponding , as in the Weald • 6 The Weald valley ' may become ' the oolitic valley ' 60 57 60 Mantell's diluvial valley 61 The axial valley of the Rother ...
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... low . The sea ends every valley , but it never yet Origin of allu- began one . That is , when the river has done its vial plains . utmost , it is the sea which prevents the farther B 2 CH . I. ] THEORIES OF FORMING VALLEYS . 3.
... low . The sea ends every valley , but it never yet Origin of allu- began one . That is , when the river has done its vial plains . utmost , it is the sea which prevents the farther B 2 CH . I. ] THEORIES OF FORMING VALLEYS . 3.
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... never seen an attempt to account for . They seem , by common consent , to be omitted in all theories of the formation of valleys . Alluvial plains are , however , frequent features over the globe , and most important features . Yet ...
... never seen an attempt to account for . They seem , by common consent , to be omitted in all theories of the formation of valleys . Alluvial plains are , however , frequent features over the globe , and most important features . Yet ...
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... never suffer a grain of soil to remain on them for an instant . Soil is not the less in perpetual formation on these spaces . The faces of precipices and bare rocks rot , and thus soil is in perpetual formation over the whole surface of ...
... never suffer a grain of soil to remain on them for an instant . Soil is not the less in perpetual formation on these spaces . The faces of precipices and bare rocks rot , and thus soil is in perpetual formation over the whole surface of ...
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... never so far obliterated but that they may still , in part at least , be restored in imagina- tion . Great lakes have disappeared ; lofty moun- tains have been formed by the reiterated emission of lava , preceded and followed by showers ...
... never so far obliterated but that they may still , in part at least , be restored in imagina- tion . Great lakes have disappeared ; lofty moun- tains have been formed by the reiterated emission of lava , preceded and followed by showers ...
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