 Palaeozoic rocks. The lowest observed occurrence of these beds is in the valley of the main Yellowstone, between the first and second canons, at an elevation of about 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. They appear to be destitute of animal remains,...  Geological Magazine - Page 455edited by - 1879Full view - About this book
 | Royal Geological Society of Cornwall - 1828 - 944 pages
...belonged to one and the same stratum, in the direction of its dip, the hill of Polcouta ought to have an elevation of about 5,000 feet above the level of the sea : for these strata are inclined at an angle of 40°. ; and the distance between the extreme points... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1867 - 676 pages
...mountain and covered ways over the summit or snowy region. He thought the covered ways should begin at an elevation of about 5,000 feet above the level of the sea, and be provided continuously above that level. He repeated his conviction that, if this system was... | |
 | Royal Geological Society of Cornwall - Geology - 1838 - 522 pages
...belonged to one and the same stratum, in the direction of its dip, the hill of Polcouta ought to have an elevation of about 5,000 feet above the level of the sea: for these strata are inclined at an angle of 40°.; and the distance between the extreme points is... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - Botany - 1842 - 794 pages
...leaves of a large Hrotneliaccous plant that inhabits abundantly an arid rocky part of the mountain, at an elevation of about 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. In fact, the plants found by Mr. Uardner on the Organ mountains, during his last visit to them, are... | |
 | George Gardner - Brazil - 1846 - 606 pages
...bottom of the leaves of a large TUlandsia, that inhabits abundantly an arid rocky part of the mountain, at an elevation of about 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. Besides the ordinary method by seed, it propagates itself by runners, which it throws out from the... | |
 | Henry Woodward - Geology - 1879 - 636 pages
...Fork, they have a thickness of 5,000 feet, and rest upon eroded surfaces of granitic and Palaeozoic rocks. The lowest observed occurrence of these beds...of this immense group of strata is filled with the silicified remains of a multitude of forests. The roots and stems are found tn situ, and prostrate... | |
 | Civil engineering - 1867 - 672 pages
...mountain and covered ways over the summit or snowy region. He thought the cove-re . ways should begin at an elevation of about 5,000 feet above the level of the sea, and be provided continuously above that level. He repeated his conviction that, if this system was... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - Geological surveys - 1879 - 1114 pages
...trunks of trees in e/fi< have been reported. The lowest observed occurrence of the strata of this group is in the valley of the main Yellowstone, between...canons, at an elevation of about 5,000 feet above the sea. They are also finely developed in the Gallatin Range to the west of this valley, and about the... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1875 - 870 pages
...the leaves of a large Tillandsia that inhabits abundantly an arid rocky part of the Organ Mountains at an elevation of about 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. In addition to the ordinary propagation by seed, this plant is said to put out runners which are "... | |
 | J. Timperlake - Toronto (Ont.) - 1877 - 628 pages
...bird's-eye view of Toronto and its northern suburbs, as if seen from a south-eastern portion of the island at an elevation of about 5,000 feet above the level of the lake. This part of the view, with the foreground of the picture, comprises the harbour, wharves, elevators,... | |
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