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... Coast - ice . In- fluence of Earth movements on the rate of erosion . Marine erosion compared with Subaerial detrition . B. Processes of Reconstruction . CHAPTER IX . - TERRESTRIAL DEPOSITS Mechanical Deposits : -Soil , rainwash , & c ...
... Coast - ice . In- fluence of Earth movements on the rate of erosion . Marine erosion compared with Subaerial detrition . B. Processes of Reconstruction . CHAPTER IX . - TERRESTRIAL DEPOSITS Mechanical Deposits : -Soil , rainwash , & c ...
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... coast of Sicily during the summer of 1831 , at a spot where previous soundings had ascertained the depth of the sea to be 600 feet . Its formation was pre- ceded by a violent spouting up of steam and water , and the sea around was ...
... coast of Sicily during the summer of 1831 , at a spot where previous soundings had ascertained the depth of the sea to be 600 feet . Its formation was pre- ceded by a violent spouting up of steam and water , and the sea around was ...
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... coast huge masses were detached from the cliffs , especially at Scilla and at Gian Greco in the Straits of Messina , where a continuous line of cliff was thrown down for the length of a mile . South America . - In the earthquake of ...
... coast huge masses were detached from the cliffs , especially at Scilla and at Gian Greco in the Straits of Messina , where a continuous line of cliff was thrown down for the length of a mile . South America . - In the earthquake of ...
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... coast 4 or 5 feet in height , which , even at high water , showed beds of dead mussels , limpets , and withered sea - weed , all still adhering to the rocks . This raised beach gradually sank again until the part above high - water mark ...
... coast 4 or 5 feet in height , which , even at high water , showed beds of dead mussels , limpets , and withered sea - weed , all still adhering to the rocks . This raised beach gradually sank again until the part above high - water mark ...
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accumulated acid action alumina amount angles anticlinal augite basalt beds blocks bottom calcareous called carbonate of lime carbonic acid chalk chemical clay cleavage cliffs coal coast colour consist containing coral cracks crystalline crystals denudation deposits depth described detrition distance district dolerite dykes earth earth's crust elevation erosion excavated fault feet felspar fissures Foraminifera formation formed fragments Geol glacier glauconite gradually granite greensand ground hills horizontal hornblende igneous rocks island joints Jukes lake land lava layers less limestone magnesia mass material matter metamorphic metamorphic rocks mica miles mineral mountain observed occur origin Orthoclase outcrops particles pebbles planes porphyritic portion present pressure produced quartz rain reef river salt sand sandstone shales shells shore side siliceous Silurian slope solid solution sometimes stones strata stratified rocks stream structure sulphate surface synclinal thickness tide tion Trans valley vertical volcanic waves