Calcutta Review, Volume 9University of Calcutta, 1848 - India |
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Page 342
... hypogene rocks " a word implying , " says Mr. Lyell , who has done so much for geological nomenclature- " the theory that granite and gneiss and the other crystalline formations , are nether formed rocks , or rocks which have not ...
... hypogene rocks " a word implying , " says Mr. Lyell , who has done so much for geological nomenclature- " the theory that granite and gneiss and the other crystalline formations , are nether formed rocks , or rocks which have not ...
Page 346
... hypogene schists ; and , in some instances , uplifting aqueous beds of a more recent origin . The true general direction of this elevation is nearly N. 5 ° W. though the apparent directions of the lateral chains on its flanks , are , as ...
... hypogene schists ; and , in some instances , uplifting aqueous beds of a more recent origin . The true general direction of this elevation is nearly N. 5 ° W. though the apparent directions of the lateral chains on its flanks , are , as ...
Page 347
... hypogene and trappean character of the country is remarkable enough , it hardly com- pensates for the want of fossiliferous rocks . Hypogene schists , penetrated and broken up by prodigious outbursts of plutonic and trappean rocks ...
... hypogene and trappean character of the country is remarkable enough , it hardly com- pensates for the want of fossiliferous rocks . Hypogene schists , penetrated and broken up by prodigious outbursts of plutonic and trappean rocks ...
Page 348
... hypogene rocks of the Peninsula of Malacca . Statuary marble is very rare , so much so as almost to have escaped observation . " The deficiency of this member of the Metamorphic series , so largely developed in the Ålps , is almost ...
... hypogene rocks of the Peninsula of Malacca . Statuary marble is very rare , so much so as almost to have escaped observation . " The deficiency of this member of the Metamorphic series , so largely developed in the Ålps , is almost ...
Page 349
... hypogene series of South America , says : • When we pass to another Hemisphere , we see new forms of animals and plants , and even new constellations in the heavens ; but in the rocks we still recognise our old acquaintances ; the same ...
... hypogene series of South America , says : • When we pass to another Hemisphere , we see new forms of animals and plants , and even new constellations in the heavens ; but in the rocks we still recognise our old acquaintances ; the same ...
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