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... gradual development of the subject . Dry details respecting minerals and rocks are apt to discourage the young student if he is obliged to master them before coming to the descriptive branches of geology . The arrangement of the matter ...
... gradual development of the subject . Dry details respecting minerals and rocks are apt to discourage the young student if he is obliged to master them before coming to the descriptive branches of geology . The arrangement of the matter ...
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... gradually cooled down to its present condition . Assuming this to be the case , the condition of the earth's interior at the present time must depend upon the manner in which it has cooled , and Mr. Hopkins has shown that the earth's ...
... gradually cooled down to its present condition . Assuming this to be the case , the condition of the earth's interior at the present time must depend upon the manner in which it has cooled , and Mr. Hopkins has shown that the earth's ...
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... gradual movements of the crust have been in progress over still larger areas , the land 1 66 " Physics of Earth's Crust , " 1882 , p . 23 . being elevated in one place and depressed in another . CHAP . I. ] 19 GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE ...
... gradual movements of the crust have been in progress over still larger areas , the land 1 66 " Physics of Earth's Crust , " 1882 , p . 23 . being elevated in one place and depressed in another . CHAP . I. ] 19 GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE ...
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... gradually rolling and tumbling over each other , with a loud rattling noise , as they are forced along by the ... gradual 26 [ SEC . I. INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL CAUSES .
... gradually rolling and tumbling over each other , with a loud rattling noise , as they are forced along by the ... gradual 26 [ SEC . I. INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL CAUSES .
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... gradual cooling of the lava causes it to contract , and leads to the production of cracks , which traverse the whole mass from top to bottom . These are sometimes so regular as to split the mass up into a series of hexagonal prisms or ...
... gradual cooling of the lava causes it to contract , and leads to the production of cracks , which traverse the whole mass from top to bottom . These are sometimes so regular as to split the mass up into a series of hexagonal prisms or ...
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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