The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Volume 31The Society, 1875 - Electronic journals Vols. 1-108 include Proceedings of the society (separately paged, beginning with v. 30) |
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... Strata Smith . ' " When I was nine years of age , my uncle Smith took me by the hand , while walking over some cornbrash fields near Bath , and showed me the Pentacrinite - joints . He afterwards immersed them in vinegar , to show the ...
... Strata Smith . ' " When I was nine years of age , my uncle Smith took me by the hand , while walking over some cornbrash fields near Bath , and showed me the Pentacrinite - joints . He afterwards immersed them in vinegar , to show the ...
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... Strata all his little patrimony and all his little gains ; and he gave up his London residence and wandered , at his own sweet will , among those rocks which had been so fatal to his prosperity , though so favourable to his renown . In ...
... Strata all his little patrimony and all his little gains ; and he gave up his London residence and wandered , at his own sweet will , among those rocks which had been so fatal to his prosperity , though so favourable to his renown . In ...
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... Strata near Oxford . " He also contributed a large number of geological essays to the ' Philosophical Magazine , ' the Reports ' of the British Association and of various local societies , as well as an important treatise on the Malvern ...
... Strata near Oxford . " He also contributed a large number of geological essays to the ' Philosophical Magazine , ' the Reports ' of the British Association and of various local societies , as well as an important treatise on the Malvern ...
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... strata of Purbeck age . The absence of Coral Rag between the Kimmeridge and Oxford Clays , which here seem to show no distinct line of division , has also been ascertained . Looking to our future prospects , I may observe that the ...
... strata of Purbeck age . The absence of Coral Rag between the Kimmeridge and Oxford Clays , which here seem to show no distinct line of division , has also been ascertained . Looking to our future prospects , I may observe that the ...
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... strata stretches from the base of the last half of this line southward to Portland ( see Map , Pl . I. ) . At a short distance from its southern extremity stands Weymouth . None of this tract rises higher than from 250 to 300 feet ...
... strata stretches from the base of the last half of this line southward to Portland ( see Map , Pl . I. ) . At a short distance from its southern extremity stands Weymouth . None of this tract rises higher than from 250 to 300 feet ...
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Ammonites angle angular appear Arenig augite bands base beds bones boulders Cambridge Camerton Carboniferous Chalk Chalk-marl character chlorite clay cliff colour containing coprolites Crocodilia crystals D'Orb débris denudation deposits district Ditto drift dykes evidence fauna feet felsitic felspar felstone formation fossils fragments Gault genus Geol Geological Society Geological Survey glacial granite gravel Greensand Harry Govier Seeley hills inch Journ Kimmeridge Kimmeridge Clay lavas leucite Lias lime limestone Lincolnshire Llandeilo lower mass microscopic miles mineral Munger Museum nearly nodules occur Oolite orthoclase Ostrea paper phosphate phosphoric acid Pict plate Porphyry portion posterior present probably Prof Professor Prorastomus Quarry quartz Ramsey Island remarked sand sandstone Seeley seen shales shell side Silurian slates species specimens stones strata striæ structure surface Tertiary thickness tion trace Upper valley whorls
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Page 316 - Rocks. SECONDARY FOSSILS, from the Trias, Lias, Oolite, Wealden, and Cretaceous Groups. TERTIARY FOSSILS, from the Woolwich, Barton, and Bracklesham Beds, London Clay, Crag, &c. In the more expensive Collections some of the Specimens are rare, and all more select.
Page 256 - Both bodies of deer extended further than the eye could reach, and formed a compact mass, narrowing towards the front. They moved slowly and majestically along, their broad antlers resembling a moving wood of leafless trees. Each body was led by a deer of unusual size, which my guides assured me was always a female. One of the herds was stealthily followed by a wolf, who was apparently watching for an opportunity of seizing any one of the younger and weaker deer which might fall behind the rest,...
Page lxxv - Geikie has held that for the most part they belong to an interglacial episode towards the close of the Glacial period, and regards it as certain that no Palaeolithic bed can be shown to belong to a more recent date than the mild era that preceded the last great submergence. His follower, Mr.
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