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... Lyell . It is now however , ascertained that they belong to no particular age or epoch , exclusively ; for granite is found occur- ring at comparatively modern , as well as ancient epochs , over- laying the other strata precisely in the ...
... Lyell . It is now however , ascertained that they belong to no particular age or epoch , exclusively ; for granite is found occur- ring at comparatively modern , as well as ancient epochs , over- laying the other strata precisely in the ...
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... Lyell subdivides this series into the pliocene , or more recent ; the miocene , less re- cent ; and the eocene , dawn of recent ; according to the percentage of recent shells contained in each . Secondary Formations . 3. THE CHALK OR ...
... Lyell subdivides this series into the pliocene , or more recent ; the miocene , less re- cent ; and the eocene , dawn of recent ; according to the percentage of recent shells contained in each . Secondary Formations . 3. THE CHALK OR ...
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... Lyell , before mentioned , as divisions of the Tertiary formation , viz : Pliocene , Miocene , and Eocene , according to the percentage of recent shells , being founded upon a more natural distinction will undoubtedly come into general ...
... Lyell , before mentioned , as divisions of the Tertiary formation , viz : Pliocene , Miocene , and Eocene , according to the percentage of recent shells , being founded upon a more natural distinction will undoubtedly come into general ...
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... Lyell . 1. Alluvial or modern deposits . a . 2. do . do . Overlaying the coal 2. Tertiary formations . formation . 3. Cretaceous system , compris- b . 1. Granite veins in Granite . ing the chalk , with & with- b . 2. do . do . passing ...
... Lyell . 1. Alluvial or modern deposits . a . 2. do . do . Overlaying the coal 2. Tertiary formations . formation . 3. Cretaceous system , compris- b . 1. Granite veins in Granite . ing the chalk , with & with- b . 2. do . do . passing ...
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... Lyell , Mantell , Buckland , and other well known geologists . Although from the very nature of the case , geology is some- what a speculative science , since it takes into consideration the changes and vicissitudes which the earth has ...
... Lyell , Mantell , Buckland , and other well known geologists . Although from the very nature of the case , geology is some- what a speculative science , since it takes into consideration the changes and vicissitudes which the earth has ...
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