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... Oolitic Period - Pterodactyle - Close of the first Epoch , CHAPTER XIV . ยท - 302 Commencement of the second Period - Fossil Foot - steps- The Labyrinthodon -- Dinornis -- Plesiosaurus - Ichthyosau- rus - Close of the second Epoch ...
... Oolitic Period - Pterodactyle - Close of the first Epoch , CHAPTER XIV . ยท - 302 Commencement of the second Period - Fossil Foot - steps- The Labyrinthodon -- Dinornis -- Plesiosaurus - Ichthyosau- rus - Close of the second Epoch ...
Page 188
... beds of sands and sandstones as found at Hastings in England , and the clays , sand- stones , and shelly limestones , as found in the Isle of Purbeck , called Purbeck marble . SUCCESSION OF STRATA . 189 5. THE OOLITE . - 188 THE WORLD ..
... beds of sands and sandstones as found at Hastings in England , and the clays , sand- stones , and shelly limestones , as found in the Isle of Purbeck , called Purbeck marble . SUCCESSION OF STRATA . 189 5. THE OOLITE . - 188 THE WORLD ..
Page 189
... OOLITE . - This is a marine formation of vast extent and thickness , its name means egg stone , because , it is formed of small egg like grains . It consists of limestones and clays , which abound in marine shells , corals , fishes ...
... OOLITE . - This is a marine formation of vast extent and thickness , its name means egg stone , because , it is formed of small egg like grains . It consists of limestones and clays , which abound in marine shells , corals , fishes ...
Page 192
... Oolite and Lias ,. Saliferous , Carboniferous , Old Red Sandstone , Silurian , ..... .2,000 feet . .1,000 66 .1,000 66 .2,500 66 .2,000 66 .10,000 66 10,000 66 .7,500 .30,000 66 * Cambrian ,. Mica Schist , and Gneiss , not ascertained ...
... Oolite and Lias ,. Saliferous , Carboniferous , Old Red Sandstone , Silurian , ..... .2,000 feet . .1,000 66 .1,000 66 .2,500 66 .2,000 66 .10,000 66 10,000 66 .7,500 .30,000 66 * Cambrian ,. Mica Schist , and Gneiss , not ascertained ...
Page 193
... Oolite may have no roe - like structure ; and yet these may be excellent geological names , if they be applied to formations , geologically identical with those which the phrases originally designated . " The term Oolite is an instance ...
... Oolite may have no roe - like structure ; and yet these may be excellent geological names , if they be applied to formations , geologically identical with those which the phrases originally designated . " The term Oolite is an instance ...
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