The Student's Handbook of Physical GeologyG. Bell, 1892 - 666 pages |
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... Depth and Thickness Table . Folds and Flexures : -Anticlinal , Synclinal , Periclinal , Monoclinal , and Isoclinal Curves . Inversions . Contortions . Fan Structure . Cause of Flexures . CHAPTER IX . - FAULTS OR DISLOCATIONS Throw and ...
... Depth and Thickness Table . Folds and Flexures : -Anticlinal , Synclinal , Periclinal , Monoclinal , and Isoclinal Curves . Inversions . Contortions . Fan Structure . Cause of Flexures . CHAPTER IX . - FAULTS OR DISLOCATIONS Throw and ...
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... Depth of Oceans com- pared with the height of Mountains . Evidences of Com- pression . Hypothesis of Secular Contraction . Hypo- thesis of Columnar Expansion . Hypothesis of Pressure by Convection Currents . Hypothesis of Cubical Expan ...
... Depth of Oceans com- pared with the height of Mountains . Evidences of Com- pression . Hypothesis of Secular Contraction . Hypo- thesis of Columnar Expansion . Hypothesis of Pressure by Convection Currents . Hypothesis of Cubical Expan ...
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... Depth of ocean much exagge- rated . X , Centre of the Earth . X a , Oceanic area . b , Continental area . cc , Solid crust . dd , Liquid substratum . Fig . 1. Diagram of a Segment of the Terrestrial Globe , to show its probable internal ...
... Depth of ocean much exagge- rated . X , Centre of the Earth . X a , Oceanic area . b , Continental area . cc , Solid crust . dd , Liquid substratum . Fig . 1. Diagram of a Segment of the Terrestrial Globe , to show its probable internal ...
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... depth of 70,000 feet below the actual surface at the equator . Now the deepest soundings in the ocean are less than ... depths and moun- tain heights , are obviously small . It is also seen that this equatorial bulge of 70,000 feet ...
... depth of 70,000 feet below the actual surface at the equator . Now the deepest soundings in the ocean are less than ... depths and moun- tain heights , are obviously small . It is also seen that this equatorial bulge of 70,000 feet ...
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... depth of about fifty feet beneath any given place on the earth's surface a thermometer would mark the same tem- perature all the year round . Below this limit of seasonal variation , sometimes called " the stratum of invariable ...
... depth of about fifty feet beneath any given place on the earth's surface a thermometer would mark the same tem- perature all the year round . Below this limit of seasonal variation , sometimes called " the stratum of invariable ...
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