The Student's Handbook of Physical GeologyG. Bell, 1892 - 666 pages |
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... MATERIAL REMOVED FROM EXISTING SURFACES • • 607 Evidence from ( 1 ) Outcrop of Strata ; ( 2 ) from Faults ; ( 3 ) from Outliers and Inliers ; ( 4 ) from Mountains of Up- heaval . General Conclusions . CHAPTER V. - THE ORIGIN OF LAKES ...
... MATERIAL REMOVED FROM EXISTING SURFACES • • 607 Evidence from ( 1 ) Outcrop of Strata ; ( 2 ) from Faults ; ( 3 ) from Outliers and Inliers ; ( 4 ) from Mountains of Up- heaval . General Conclusions . CHAPTER V. - THE ORIGIN OF LAKES ...
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... materials ejected during an eruption are of various sizes and kinds . Some are fragments of the rocks which underlie ... material are hurled high into the air . Among these there are sometimes blocks of large size , which , rotating as ...
... materials ejected during an eruption are of various sizes and kinds . Some are fragments of the rocks which underlie ... material are hurled high into the air . Among these there are sometimes blocks of large size , which , rotating as ...
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... material gain access to the molten rock , and how did it come to be occluded or confined within it ? It has been ... materials existed originally in the form of oxygen and hydrogen gases , and it is only when and where conditions allow ...
... material gain access to the molten rock , and how did it come to be occluded or confined within it ? It has been ... materials existed originally in the form of oxygen and hydrogen gases , and it is only when and where conditions allow ...
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... seems to be formed entirely of ashes and cinders , with a few ejected blocks and volcanic 1 See Capt . Wharton in " Nature , " Jan. 23rd , 1890 , p . 276 . bombs here and there . This loose material is being. CHAP . III . ] 45 VOLCANOES .
... seems to be formed entirely of ashes and cinders , with a few ejected blocks and volcanic 1 See Capt . Wharton in " Nature , " Jan. 23rd , 1890 , p . 276 . bombs here and there . This loose material is being. CHAP . III . ] 45 VOLCANOES .
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... material of such rocks is readily soluble in carbonated water , it is evident that they will show signs of rapid decay and disintegration . A limestone which is nearly pure carbonate of lime , is so completely dissolved that little ...
... material of such rocks is readily soluble in carbonated water , it is evident that they will show signs of rapid decay and disintegration . A limestone which is nearly pure carbonate of lime , is so completely dissolved that little ...
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acid action agencies altered alumina amount anticlinal augite basalt beds blocks bottom calcareous calcite called carbonate of lime carbonic acid chalk channel chemical clay cleavage cliffs coast colour consists coral cracks crystalline crystals currents débris denudation deposits depth described detrition distance district dolerite dykes earth earth's crust Edited elevation erosion eruptions fault feet felspar fissures formation formed fragments Geol Geology glacier glauconite gneiss gradually granite greensand ground hills horizontal hornblende igneous rocks iron island Jukes lakes land lava layers limestone magnesia mass material metamorphic mica miles mineral mountain occur original Orthoclase outcrop oxide particles pebbles planes porphyritic portion pressure produced quartz rain reefs ridge rise river sand sandstone schist shale shells shore side siliceous slope soil solution sometimes stones strata stratified rocks stream structure surface thickness tion tract Translated unconformity valley vertical volcanic