The Student's Handbook of Physical GeologyG. Bell and Sons, 1884 - 514 pages |
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... Current mark . CHAPTER VI . - JOINTS Cause of Joints . Cuboidal jointing . Horizontal jointing . Prismatic jointing . Articulated and Spheroidal structures . CHAPTER VII . — INCLINATION and Curvature . Dip and Strike . Geological map ...
... Current mark . CHAPTER VI . - JOINTS Cause of Joints . Cuboidal jointing . Horizontal jointing . Prismatic jointing . Articulated and Spheroidal structures . CHAPTER VII . — INCLINATION and Curvature . Dip and Strike . Geological map ...
Page xiii
... line 24 , for navigable read habitable . Page 215 , omit the two top lines . Page 313 , line 10 , after " Current " insert Mark . Page 317 , line 6 , for Cause read Origin . INTRODUCTION . DEFINITIONS are never easy , and it is.
... line 24 , for navigable read habitable . Page 215 , omit the two top lines . Page 313 , line 10 , after " Current " insert Mark . Page 317 , line 6 , for Cause read Origin . INTRODUCTION . DEFINITIONS are never easy , and it is.
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... currents ; until biologists had described and classified the greater number of existing animals and plants -it was not until all these essential data had been collected and studied that the geologist could realize the processes and ...
... currents ; until biologists had described and classified the greater number of existing animals and plants -it was not until all these essential data had been collected and studied that the geologist could realize the processes and ...
Page 24
... current of steam as it escapes through the shaft or funnel of the volcano , and partly also by the collision of the fragments which are carried upward with it . The air at length becomes loaded with vapour which falls in heavy rain ...
... current of steam as it escapes through the shaft or funnel of the volcano , and partly also by the collision of the fragments which are carried upward with it . The air at length becomes loaded with vapour which falls in heavy rain ...
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... current moves slowly , and gives off but little steam or gas of any kind . More rapidly - moving currents always give off a larger amount of steam , the escape of which renders the crust vesicular and cindery , so much so that its ...
... current moves slowly , and gives off but little steam or gas of any kind . More rapidly - moving currents always give off a larger amount of steam , the escape of which renders the crust vesicular and cindery , so much so that its ...
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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