Causeway in Ireland. It passes through every variety of texture, from pulverulent, friable, and indurated, to compact earthy jasper. The stratum is from an inch in thickness to many feet. The rock makes a red streak on paper, with the exception of the... Transactions of the Geological Society - Página 367por Geological Society of London - 1836Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1838 - 824 páginas
...Clay.—The next distinctive feature is the occurrence of strata of red ochreous rock; in fact, M'Culloch's ferruginous clay underlying thick strata of basalt...sponge, and, reduced to powder, looks like brickdust. Pulverulent Limestone. — Limestone is met with in the Dukhun only in three states—pulverulent,... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1838 - 822 páginas
...Asiatic Researches, pp. 126, 189. occurrence of strata of red ochreous rock ; in fact, M'Culloch's ferruginous clay underlying thick strata of basalt...sponge, and, reduced to powder, looks like brickdust. Pulverulent Limestone. — Limestone is met with in the Dukhun only in three states — pulverulent,... | |
| Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1848 - 558 páginas
...through every variety of texture, from pulverulent, friable, and indurated, to compact earthy jasper. " It is pulverulent near the basaltic columns at Serroor;...appearance of sponge; and, reduced to powder, looks like brick dust. In the scarps of the hill-fort of Hurreechundurghur and a mountain near Joonur, in which... | |
| 1837 - 610 páginas
...The next distinctive feature is the occurrence of strata of red ochreous rock, in fact, MacCulloch's ferruginous clay underlying thick strata of basalt...Hurreechundurghur and a mountain near Joonur in which arc excavated numerous Boodh cave temples, it is found compact and homogeneous, and is, in fact, an... | |
| Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1848 - 768 páginas
...through every variety of texture, from pulverulent, friable, and indurated, to compact earthy jasper. " It is pulverulent near the basaltic columns at Serroor;...powder, looks like brickdust. In the scarps of the hill-fort of Hurreechundurghur and a mountain near Joonur, in which are excavated numerous Boodh caves,... | |
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