The Building of the British Isles: A Study in Geographical EvolutionG. Bell, 1888 - 343 sider |
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... existed over the centre of England in Ordo- vician times . From the section it is seen that the Caradoc sandstones are supposed to thin out beneath the Silurians against the pre - Cambrian rocks , and that there is reason to suppose ...
... existed over the centre of England in Ordo- vician times . From the section it is seen that the Caradoc sandstones are supposed to thin out beneath the Silurians against the pre - Cambrian rocks , and that there is reason to suppose ...
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... existed in this area during the greater part of the Arenig and Llandeilo periods . Moreover , the base of the Bala series is a con- glomerate 500 feet thick , which overlaps the Llandeilos on to the older rocks , so that some land was ...
... existed in this area during the greater part of the Arenig and Llandeilo periods . Moreover , the base of the Bala series is a con- glomerate 500 feet thick , which overlaps the Llandeilos on to the older rocks , so that some land was ...
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... existed in this Girvan district at the commencement of Silurian time , and that in passing southward and eastward we recede from this land ; the mass of the land must consequently have lain to the north and north - west . The higher ...
... existed in this Girvan district at the commencement of Silurian time , and that in passing southward and eastward we recede from this land ; the mass of the land must consequently have lain to the north and north - west . The higher ...
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... existed , bringing its boundaries farther south and within the limits of what is now Irish soil . During subsequent subsidence the coast - line again receded northward , and the Silurian conglomerates were deposited along its shores ...
... existed , bringing its boundaries farther south and within the limits of what is now Irish soil . During subsequent subsidence the coast - line again receded northward , and the Silurian conglomerates were deposited along its shores ...
Side 45
... existed at the beginning of the period , for we cannot say how much of the land areas remained during the subsequent submergence . The largest land tract seems to have been to the north and north - west of the British Isles , and there ...
... existed at the beginning of the period , for we cannot say how much of the land areas remained during the subsequent submergence . The largest land tract seems to have been to the north and north - west of the British Isles , and there ...
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