The Student's Handbook of Physical GeologyG. Bell and Sons, 1884 - 514 pages |
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Page 17
... crust with a fluid interior . 2. A solid crust and a solid nucleus with a fluid inter- stratum . 1 Phil . Trans . Roy . Soc . , 1839 . с 3. Solid throughout , with or without fluid spaces or CHAP . I. ] GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH . 17.
... crust with a fluid interior . 2. A solid crust and a solid nucleus with a fluid inter- stratum . 1 Phil . Trans . Roy . Soc . , 1839 . с 3. Solid throughout , with or without fluid spaces or CHAP . I. ] GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH . 17.
Page 18
... Assoc . Rep . , p . 48 , note . 2 Brit . Assoc . Rep . , 1876. Sections , p . 5 . 3 Loc . cit . , p . 7 . 4 Phil . Trans . , 1879 , Part I. Mr. O. Fisher , on the other hand , has 18 [ SEC . I. . INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL CAUSES .
... Assoc . Rep . , p . 48 , note . 2 Brit . Assoc . Rep . , 1876. Sections , p . 5 . 3 Loc . cit . , p . 7 . 4 Phil . Trans . , 1879 , Part I. Mr. O. Fisher , on the other hand , has 18 [ SEC . I. . INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL CAUSES .
Page 43
... Trans . , 1826 , and Lyell's Principles , " tenth edition , vol . ii . p . 93 . 2 " Voyage of the Beagle , " edition of 1860 , p . 393 . ferently from the central part . It is , perhaps CHAP . III . ] 43 EARTHQUAKES .
... Trans . , 1826 , and Lyell's Principles , " tenth edition , vol . ii . p . 93 . 2 " Voyage of the Beagle , " edition of 1860 , p . 393 . ferently from the central part . It is , perhaps CHAP . III . ] 43 EARTHQUAKES .
Page 61
... stead of being choked up with sand and mud , as in the case 1 J. Croll , " Trans . Geol . Soc . Edin . , " vol . i . p . 330 . of the English valleys . The term fiord is a CHAP . IV . ] ELEVATION AND DEPRESSION OF LAND . 61.
... stead of being choked up with sand and mud , as in the case 1 J. Croll , " Trans . Geol . Soc . Edin . , " vol . i . p . 330 . of the English valleys . The term fiord is a CHAP . IV . ] ELEVATION AND DEPRESSION OF LAND . 61.
Page 114
... trans- portation ; the rivers of ice perform the same kind of work , but in a different way . Wherever a glacier passes beneath a crag or cliff of rock it receives on to its surface a continued supply of blocks and stones which are ...
... trans- portation ; the rivers of ice perform the same kind of work , but in a different way . Wherever a glacier passes beneath a crag or cliff of rock it receives on to its surface a continued supply of blocks and stones which are ...
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accumulated acid action alumina amount angles anticlinal augite basalt beds blocks bottom calcareous called carbonate of lime carbonic acid chalk chemical clay cleavage cliffs coal coast colour consist containing coral cracks crystalline crystals denudation deposits depth described detrition distance district dolerite dykes earth earth's crust elevation erosion excavated fault feet felspar fissures Foraminifera formation formed fragments Geol glacier glauconite gradually granite greensand ground hills horizontal hornblende igneous rocks island joints Jukes lake land lava layers less limestone magnesia mass material matter metamorphic metamorphic rocks mica miles mineral mountain observed occur origin Orthoclase outcrops particles pebbles planes porphyritic portion present pressure produced quartz rain reef river salt sand sandstone shales shells shore side siliceous Silurian slope solid solution sometimes stones strata stratified rocks stream structure sulphate surface synclinal thickness tide tion Trans valley vertical volcanic waves