The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena : Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered at Brighton, Том 1A. H. Maltby, 1839 - 804 стор. |
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... covering his land with that which is not only unprofitable , but which may also be injurious to vegetable growth . It may happen that a substance which is not marl may prove useful , as when sand is mingled with clay , or clay with sand ...
... covering his land with that which is not only unprofitable , but which may also be injurious to vegetable growth . It may happen that a substance which is not marl may prove useful , as when sand is mingled with clay , or clay with sand ...
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... covered with scoriæ and other decidedly igneous products , as if there had been actual and vast eruptions within a period too short for decomposition to have reduced these tumefied and semi- vitrified masses to soil . Trap and basalt ...
... covered with scoriæ and other decidedly igneous products , as if there had been actual and vast eruptions within a period too short for decomposition to have reduced these tumefied and semi- vitrified masses to soil . Trap and basalt ...
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... covered by seas , and another large proportion by vast bodies of fresh water , by polar ice and eternal snows ; so that taking into considera- tion sterile tracts , morasses , & c . , scarcely more than one - fifth of the surface of the ...
... covered by seas , and another large proportion by vast bodies of fresh water , by polar ice and eternal snows ; so that taking into considera- tion sterile tracts , morasses , & c . , scarcely more than one - fifth of the surface of the ...
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... covering eleven acres , and its perpendicular height being 500 feet . * The Burrampooter , another river in India , conveys annually as much earthy matter into the sea as the Ganges . The waters of the Indus , as the celebrated ...
... covering eleven acres , and its perpendicular height being 500 feet . * The Burrampooter , another river in India , conveys annually as much earthy matter into the sea as the Ganges . The waters of the Indus , as the celebrated ...
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... covering of sand : and frequently these alternate with the greatest regularity , the re- ceding of the tide allowing the fresh water to deposit its mud , and the advance of the sea discharging sand and marine exuvia over the surface ...
... covering of sand : and frequently these alternate with the greatest regularity , the re- ceding of the tide allowing the fresh water to deposit its mud , and the advance of the sea discharging sand and marine exuvia over the surface ...
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