Rain and Rivers, Or, Hutton and Playfair Against Lyell and All ComersLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 237 páginas |
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... region of perpetual disintegra- tion , denudation and destruction . The sea is the region of perpetual deposit and conservation . And sea strata , when hoisted up by heat in the form of slate , sandstone , limestone , & c . , form ...
... region of perpetual disintegra- tion , denudation and destruction . The sea is the region of perpetual deposit and conservation . And sea strata , when hoisted up by heat in the form of slate , sandstone , limestone , & c . , form ...
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... regions are indeed the regions of deposit , as subaerial regions are the regions of denudation . But deposit takes place at the bottom , not at the top of water ; and these terraces are not formed by the accumu- lation of deposit , but ...
... regions are indeed the regions of deposit , as subaerial regions are the regions of denudation . But deposit takes place at the bottom , not at the top of water ; and these terraces are not formed by the accumu- lation of deposit , but ...
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... region , and of the others above alluded to , possesses a peculiar interest , very distinct in kind from that derivable from the investigation either of the Parisian or English tertiary strata . ' ( One cause of ' peculiar interest ' is ...
... region , and of the others above alluded to , possesses a peculiar interest , very distinct in kind from that derivable from the investigation either of the Parisian or English tertiary strata . ' ( One cause of ' peculiar interest ' is ...
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... region has preserved from first to last its geographical identity ; and we can still re- call to our thoughts its external condition and phy- sical structure before these wonderful vicissitudes began , or while a part only of the whole ...
... region has preserved from first to last its geographical identity ; and we can still re- call to our thoughts its external condition and phy- sical structure before these wonderful vicissitudes began , or while a part only of the whole ...
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... region , are still capped with the last remains of tertiary strata . And doubtless the so - called Druidical sandstones and conglomerates of this otherwise chalk district are remnants of 36 DENUDATION OF WEALD RUNS [ CH . III .
... region , are still capped with the last remains of tertiary strata . And doubtless the so - called Druidical sandstones and conglomerates of this otherwise chalk district are remnants of 36 DENUDATION OF WEALD RUNS [ CH . III .
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