The American Journal of Science, Том 48;Том 198

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J.D. & E.S. Dana, 1919
 

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Сторінка 241 - Carlim, and it is for this reason, as well as on account of the fact that the fauna of the Rodman is neither more Stones River than Trenton in general appearance, that I prefer to place the Rodman at the top of the Stones River group.
Сторінка 10 - and has become in consequence much reduced, how can it be still further reduced in size until the merest vestige is left; and how can it be finally quite obliterated. It is scarcely possible that disuse can go
Сторінка 57 - ternary system lime-magnesia-silica has proved to be the most complicated of the four possible ternary systems which may be constructed from the four oxides, lime, magnesia, alumina, and silica. The crystalline phases which are definite compounds and which appear as primary phases are as follows: Lime; magnesia; silica (tridymite and cristobalite);
Сторінка 168 - exposed to air in times of drought,” and ‘ ‘ similar to the basin deposits of the western United States laid down in the Tertiary period between the growing ranges of the Cordillera. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ The Great Valley of California may therefore in the present epoch, both in
Сторінка 168 - ‘ Eureka. ‘ ‘ Truly we have here the correct explanation of the origin of the Old Red Sandstone. ‘ ‘ The central conclusion reached in this paper is that the Old Red Sandstone formations were not deposited in lakes and estuaries, nor are they of desert origin.” They are ‘ ‘ river deposits accumulated in
Сторінка 166 - as a deposit partly subaerial built by a river into or against a body of permanent water.” This study concerns the detailed structures of deltas and the physiography of the land that furnished
Сторінка 175 - the accuracy of surveys in inclined seams and an analysis of the sources of error. Ibid., vol. 20, pp. 299-301. Surveys in inclined shafts. Theoretical and practical considerations governing the choice of instruments. Ibid., vol. 20, pp. 420-421. Review of “A memoir on the Paleozoic reticulate sponges constituting the family
Сторінка 39 - I have intentionally refrained from burdening the text with references; and, therefore, the reader, while he is justly entitled to hold me responsible for any errors he may detect, will do well to give me no credit for what may seem original, unless his knowledge is
Сторінка 9 - general rule that a structure or organ once lost in the course of phylogeny can never be regained; if the organism subsequently has occasion to replace it, it cannot be reproduced, but must be constructed afresh in some different mode.
Сторінка 175 - 1907—Geology of the Marysville mining district, Montana: a study of Igneous intrusion and contact metamorphism. U. S. Geol. Survey, Prof. Paper 57, pp. 178, 16

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