Geological Magazine, Том 6Henry Woodward Cambridge University Press, 1869 |
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... district , and not a large quantity of that , so that some of the product must be employed to continue the manufacture : it is there- fore doubtful if such an undertaking would pay . In returning from Joostenberg I stopped at the D ...
... district , and not a large quantity of that , so that some of the product must be employed to continue the manufacture : it is there- fore doubtful if such an undertaking would pay . In returning from Joostenberg I stopped at the D ...
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... district in question proved the former existence of a glacier which was limited to the cirque which enclosed it , and did not descend into the valley . A lateral and a terminal moraine were found , and roches perchées were observed on ...
... district in question proved the former existence of a glacier which was limited to the cirque which enclosed it , and did not descend into the valley . A lateral and a terminal moraine were found , and roches perchées were observed on ...
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... district , but that what has hitherto been so esteemed will prove to belong in reality to the lower division of the system . The Carboniferous system of the district furnishes in itself a wide field of research . Each of its broader ...
... district , but that what has hitherto been so esteemed will prove to belong in reality to the lower division of the system . The Carboniferous system of the district furnishes in itself a wide field of research . Each of its broader ...
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... district , Mr. Geikie pointed out that the neighbourhood of Edinburgh furnishes admirable illus- trations of metamorphism in the Lower Silurian Rocks , with many syenites and porphyries . The volcanic rocks of the district have long ...
... district , Mr. Geikie pointed out that the neighbourhood of Edinburgh furnishes admirable illus- trations of metamorphism in the Lower Silurian Rocks , with many syenites and porphyries . The volcanic rocks of the district have long ...
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... district as the Possil Lower Coal and Ironstone series , which lies about 510 fathoms under the Upper Red Sandstone of the Lanarkshire Coalfield . Mr. Young next pointed out the relation which the Possil series bears to the strata of ...
... district as the Possil Lower Coal and Ironstone series , which lies about 510 fathoms under the Upper Red Sandstone of the Lanarkshire Coalfield . Mr. Young next pointed out the relation which the Possil series bears to the strata of ...
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Ammonites appear Belaugh Belemnites bones Boulder-clay breccia British Carboniferous Chalk character Chillesford clay coal cone containing Crag Cretaceous denudation deposits described diphya district drift England eruption evidence exhibited existence fauna feet felspathic fissures flint formation fossils Gault genera genus Geol GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE Geological Society Geological Survey geologists Glacial gneiss granite gravel Green Slates Greensand heat hills Hyperodapedon inches Inferior Oolite land lava Lias limestone Lower marine marl mass Mastodon matter miles mineral Miocene Museum nature nearly Neocomien Norwich observations occur Old Red Sandstone origin paper plates Porphyries portion present probably Prof Professor R. I. Murchison Red Sandstone referred remains remarked ridge river rocks sand schists seen shales shells side Silurian Skiddaw Slates soil species specimens sporangia strata structure surface teeth thickness tion tooth trachytic trap Trogontherium valley volcanic zone
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