The Evolution of Earth Structure with a Theory of Geomorphic Changes: By T. Mellard ReadeLongmans, Green, and Company, 1903 - 342 páginas |
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... CONTINENTS . 304-317 CHAPTER XXIV PLEISTOCENE RAISED BEACHES AND SUBMERGED FORESTS 318-321 CHAPTER XXV CLOSING REMARKS 322-324 RECENT NOTES . 325-328 INDEX 329-342 PLATES PLATE I. DIAGRAM OF THE EARTH , TO ILLUSTRATE xii EVOLUTION OF ...
... CONTINENTS . 304-317 CHAPTER XXIV PLEISTOCENE RAISED BEACHES AND SUBMERGED FORESTS 318-321 CHAPTER XXV CLOSING REMARKS 322-324 RECENT NOTES . 325-328 INDEX 329-342 PLATES PLATE I. DIAGRAM OF THE EARTH , TO ILLUSTRATE xii EVOLUTION OF ...
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... continent of North America , it would appear from the observations of Dr. G. Dawson that the Rocky Mountains exhibit evidences by raised beaches at levels of from four to five thousand feet of a former submersion to that extent ; and ...
... continent of North America , it would appear from the observations of Dr. G. Dawson that the Rocky Mountains exhibit evidences by raised beaches at levels of from four to five thousand feet of a former submersion to that extent ; and ...
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... continent in Pleistocene times which involves movements of a much more stupendous kind.2 In Africa , the valley of the Congo is continued seawards as a submarine valley to a profound depth ; and I fully believe that a careful examina ...
... continent in Pleistocene times which involves movements of a much more stupendous kind.2 In Africa , the valley of the Congo is continued seawards as a submarine valley to a profound depth ; and I fully believe that a careful examina ...
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... Continents ' ( Phil . Trans . of the Royal Society , 1882 ) , estimates that the stress - difference under the continents of Africa and America is at a maximum at more than 1,100 miles from the earth's surface , and there amounts to ...
... Continents ' ( Phil . Trans . of the Royal Society , 1882 ) , estimates that the stress - difference under the continents of Africa and America is at a maximum at more than 1,100 miles from the earth's surface , and there amounts to ...
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... continents and their mountains , and the under - mass of the earth - must be less than the specific gravity of the earth's crust and interior mass underlying the deepest depressions . So far as pendulum observations inform us , the fact ...
... continents and their mountains , and the under - mass of the earth - must be less than the specific gravity of the earth's crust and interior mass underlying the deepest depressions . So far as pendulum observations inform us , the fact ...
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