The Student's Handbook of Physical GeologyG. Bell, 1892 - 666 pages |
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Page 58
... beds of dead mussels , limpets , and withered sea - weed , all still adhering to the rocks . This raised beach gradually sank again until the part above high - water mark was not more than 2 feet high . He also visited the neighbouring ...
... beds of dead mussels , limpets , and withered sea - weed , all still adhering to the rocks . This raised beach gradually sank again until the part above high - water mark was not more than 2 feet high . He also visited the neighbouring ...
Page 68
... beds inland to a point on the southern shores of Lake Maeler , about 70 miles from the sea ; and M. Erdman has subsequently traced them to Linde , a distance of 130 miles from the sea , where they occur at a height of 230 feet . Similar ...
... beds inland to a point on the southern shores of Lake Maeler , about 70 miles from the sea ; and M. Erdman has subsequently traced them to Linde , a distance of 130 miles from the sea , where they occur at a height of 230 feet . Similar ...
Page 71
... Bed Sea level Chalk a , Elephant bed . b , ancient shingle . o , bed of sand . с с , chalk . them , but generally only ... beds forming the cliffs , as seen in a ravine between Kemptown and Rottingdean in 1836 . 1 " Voyage of the Beagle ...
... Bed Sea level Chalk a , Elephant bed . b , ancient shingle . o , bed of sand . с с , chalk . them , but generally only ... beds forming the cliffs , as seen in a ravine between Kemptown and Rottingdean in 1836 . 1 " Voyage of the Beagle ...
Page 76
Alfred John Jukes-Browne. Similar beds of peaty matter occur at numerous points all round the coasts of Great Britain ... bed of peat 3 feet thick , with the stumps and roots of trees , is exposed at low water , and stretches upward to a ...
Alfred John Jukes-Browne. Similar beds of peaty matter occur at numerous points all round the coasts of Great Britain ... bed of peat 3 feet thick , with the stumps and roots of trees , is exposed at low water , and stretches upward to a ...
Page 109
... beds beneath . Fig . 29 is an imaginary cut or section through a tract of country composed of sand or soft sandstone ( a , a ) , under- laid by a stratum of clay ( c , c ) , the surface of which slopes ( or dips ) slightly towards the ...
... beds beneath . Fig . 29 is an imaginary cut or section through a tract of country composed of sand or soft sandstone ( a , a ) , under- laid by a stratum of clay ( c , c ) , the surface of which slopes ( or dips ) slightly towards the ...
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