Chapters from the Physical History of the Earth: An Introduction to Geology and PalaeontologyC. K. Paul & Company, 1880 - Всего страниц: 281 |
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... Paul's Cathedral would be distinguishable . Accurate charts have been made of the mountains and valleys , and the numerous craters of extinct volcanoes have received distinct names . There is no appearance of cloud 24 GEOLOGY .
... Paul's Cathedral would be distinguishable . Accurate charts have been made of the mountains and valleys , and the numerous craters of extinct volcanoes have received distinct names . There is no appearance of cloud 24 GEOLOGY .
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... valleys , and the physical geography of the visible portion of the earth . A view of the condition of the interior of the earth has been propounded , which , since it has received the support of Sir William Thomson , among others , de ...
... valleys , and the physical geography of the visible portion of the earth . A view of the condition of the interior of the earth has been propounded , which , since it has received the support of Sir William Thomson , among others , de ...
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... valleys have been excavated , and table - lands and mountains formed , by forces operating with remarkable uniformity , regularity , and slowness , while preserving often the minutest structures of plants and animals uninjured . Periods ...
... valleys have been excavated , and table - lands and mountains formed , by forces operating with remarkable uniformity , regularity , and slowness , while preserving often the minutest structures of plants and animals uninjured . Periods ...
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... valley , and opening out here and there into broad reaches or lakes , the fully grown stream whose cradle we wish to examine . Around us lie loose earth , angular stones , detached from the hill - side by water penetrating the crevices ...
... valley , and opening out here and there into broad reaches or lakes , the fully grown stream whose cradle we wish to examine . Around us lie loose earth , angular stones , detached from the hill - side by water penetrating the crevices ...
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... valleys by impetuous torrents from the melting snow - fields . Within the polar circles ice on a more magnificent scale is levelling down the land . Glaciers covering thousands of square miles are slowly sliding down the valleys ...
... valleys by impetuous torrents from the melting snow - fields . Within the polar circles ice on a more magnificent scale is levelling down the land . Glaciers covering thousands of square miles are slowly sliding down the valleys ...
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