The Student's Handbook of Physical GeologyG. Bell and Sons, 1884 - 514 pages |
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Page 10
... carried round that greater space in the same period of time . Any cause , therefore , which tended to make the earth revolve upon any other axis than that of its shortest diameter , would have to overcome the resistance of the greater ...
... carried round that greater space in the same period of time . Any cause , therefore , which tended to make the earth revolve upon any other axis than that of its shortest diameter , would have to overcome the resistance of the greater ...
Page 12
... carried into the earth , the temperature of the rocks always increases with the depth . This downward increment of temperature is not the same at all places , being sometimes rather more and sometimes rather less than the average , but ...
... carried into the earth , the temperature of the rocks always increases with the depth . This downward increment of temperature is not the same at all places , being sometimes rather more and sometimes rather less than the average , but ...
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... carry the waters of the ocean up and down with it , and there would be no sensible tidal rise and fall of water relatively to land . " He concludes that the mass of the earth " is on the whole more rigid than a con- tinuous solid globe ...
... carry the waters of the ocean up and down with it , and there would be no sensible tidal rise and fall of water relatively to land . " He concludes that the mass of the earth " is on the whole more rigid than a con- tinuous solid globe ...
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... carried upward with it . The air at length becomes loaded with vapour which falls in heavy rain , thunder - storms are frequent , and great floods are thereby occasioned . The rain - water courses down the slopes and sweeps along the ...
... carried upward with it . The air at length becomes loaded with vapour which falls in heavy rain , thunder - storms are frequent , and great floods are thereby occasioned . The rain - water courses down the slopes and sweeps along the ...
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... carried by the wind for several hundred miles , and is thus spread out over a very wide space . 3. Lavas . - Lava - streams vary considerably in their de- gree of fluidity , and , consequently , in the rapidity with which they flow . In ...
... carried by the wind for several hundred miles , and is thus spread out over a very wide space . 3. Lavas . - Lava - streams vary considerably in their de- gree of fluidity , and , consequently , in the rapidity with which they flow . In ...
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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