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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... rocks thousands of feet above the sea - level . As the science of geology advanced these marine exuviæ , it was found , had been in one class of cases lifted into their positions by the folding of the rocks in which they were entombed ...
... rocks thousands of feet above the sea - level . As the science of geology advanced these marine exuviæ , it was found , had been in one class of cases lifted into their positions by the folding of the rocks in which they were entombed ...
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... rocks had undergone so many vicissitudes and movements since they were laid down on the shores or beds of the sea that it was difficult , if not impossible , to tell whether the last movement had been one of elevation or depression . In ...
... rocks had undergone so many vicissitudes and movements since they were laid down on the shores or beds of the sea that it was difficult , if not impossible , to tell whether the last movement had been one of elevation or depression . In ...
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... rocks ejected at the surface by volcanic action , and by the chemical and mineralogical combinations and re ... Rock Metamorphism , ' has stated that a rise of temperature ' increases the porosity of minerals and facilitates the passage ...
... rocks ejected at the surface by volcanic action , and by the chemical and mineralogical combinations and re ... Rock Metamorphism , ' has stated that a rise of temperature ' increases the porosity of minerals and facilitates the passage ...
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... Rocks and Rock Flowage ' ( Bulletin of the Geo . Soc . of America , vol . ix . pp . 269–328 , 1898 ) , Van Hise shows in con- siderable detail that these mineral changes often result in increase of bulk and evolution of heat ; in other ...
... Rocks and Rock Flowage ' ( Bulletin of the Geo . Soc . of America , vol . ix . pp . 269–328 , 1898 ) , Van Hise shows in con- siderable detail that these mineral changes often result in increase of bulk and evolution of heat ; in other ...
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... rocks in a gathered section is from 20 to 30 miles , it is doubtful if the actual maximum thickness at any one place reaches 10 miles , unless it be in some unknown geosynclinal , or where the rocks have been vertically folded . The ...
... rocks in a gathered section is from 20 to 30 miles , it is doubtful if the actual maximum thickness at any one place reaches 10 miles , unless it be in some unknown geosynclinal , or where the rocks have been vertically folded . The ...
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