The Student's Handbook of Historical GeologyG. Bell, 1886 - 597 pages |
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... formed . CHAPTER I. AZOIC ERA ARCHEAN OR PRE - CAMBRIAN SYSTEMS Stratigraphy ; Scotland , Wales , England , Ireland . Foreign Archæan Rocks . Origin and Method of Formation . 43 CHAPTER II . - PALEOZOIC TIME - CAMBRIAN SYSTEM The II . b.
... formed . CHAPTER I. AZOIC ERA ARCHEAN OR PRE - CAMBRIAN SYSTEMS Stratigraphy ; Scotland , Wales , England , Ireland . Foreign Archæan Rocks . Origin and Method of Formation . 43 CHAPTER II . - PALEOZOIC TIME - CAMBRIAN SYSTEM The II . b.
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... formed during each period of the world's history , but also some account of the forms of life which are entombed in these rocks , with a sketch of the physical geography of the earth during each period , and a notice of the changes in ...
... formed during each period of the world's history , but also some account of the forms of life which are entombed in these rocks , with a sketch of the physical geography of the earth during each period , and a notice of the changes in ...
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... formed the basis upon which the whole fabric of historical geology was founded : - " In any succes- sion of beds each one represents the conditions which pre- vailed over a certain area for a certain length of time , the lowest is the ...
... formed the basis upon which the whole fabric of historical geology was founded : - " In any succes- sion of beds each one represents the conditions which pre- vailed over a certain area for a certain length of time , the lowest is the ...
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... formed by the shores of the Bay of Biscay , Portugal , N. W. Africa , and the Mediter- The Japonic is limited to the Japanese islands . The Californian and Transatlantic , or Pennsylvanian , occupy opposite coasts of the American ...
... formed by the shores of the Bay of Biscay , Portugal , N. W. Africa , and the Mediter- The Japonic is limited to the Japanese islands . The Californian and Transatlantic , or Pennsylvanian , occupy opposite coasts of the American ...
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... formed ; but these purely freshwater beds occupy but small areas , and are particu- larly liable to subsequent destruction ; so that as a rule our knowledge of the terrestrial and fluviatile fauna of any period is derived from the ...
... formed ; but these purely freshwater beds occupy but small areas , and are particu- larly liable to subsequent destruction ; so that as a rule our knowledge of the terrestrial and fluviatile fauna of any period is derived from the ...
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Ammonites Archæan Arenig Bala bands base basin beds Belemnites beneath Boulder-clay breccia Britain Bunter calcareous Cambrian Carboniferous Limestone Chalk clay Coal-measures coalfield coast conglomerate consists containing Cornbrash Crag Cretaceous deposits Devonian district division Dyas Dyassic east eastward England Eocene estuarine fauna feet thick Flags flints formed fossils freshwater Gault genera Geol Geological Glacial gravel Greensand grey Hills Ireland Journ Jurassic Keuper Kimeridge Lake land lava layers Lias Lincolnshire Lingula Llandeilo Llandovery Lower marine marls Middle miles Millstone Grit Miocene nodules northern northward occupy occur Old Red Sandstone Oligocene Oolite Ordovician overlain Oxford clay Palæozoic pebbles period Pliocene Portrait probably Professor Quart rest Rhætic ridge river rocks sands sandy Scotland shales shells Silurian slates southern species stone strata submergence surface thin tract Trans Tremadoc Trias Triassic unconformably Upper valley volcanic Wales Wealden Wenlock Yorkshire zone