... been completed. There was first a period when the spacious lakes, of which we still may trace the boundaries, lay at the foot of mountains of moderate elevation, unbroken by the bold peaks and precipices of Mont d'Or, and unadorned by the picturesque... The Geology and Extinct Volcanos of Central France - Side 206av George Poulett Scrope - 1858 - 258 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1854 - 556 sider
...precipices of Mont Dor, and unadorned by the picturesque outline of the Puy de Dome, or of the volcanic cones and craters now covering the granitic platform....of repose deltas were slowly formed ; beds of marl aud sand, several hundred feet thick, deposited ; siliceous and calcareous rocks precipitated from... | |
| George Poulett Scrope - 1858 - 342 sider
...precipices of Mont Dor, and unadorned by the picturesque outline of the Puy de Dome, or of the volcanic cones and craters now covering the granitic platform....remains of the crocodile and tortoise ; the eggs and Iwnes of water birds, and the skeletons of quadrupeds, some of them belonging to the same genera as... | |
| G. Poulett Scrope - 1858 - 598 sider
..."by the bold peaks and precipices of Mont Dor, and unadorned by the picturesque outline of the Puy de Dome, or of the vulcanic cones and craters now covering...rocks precipitated from the waters of mineral springs; shelln and insects imbedded, together \yfth the remains of the crocodile and tortoise; the eggs and... | |
| 1858 - 374 sider
...precipices of Mont Dor, and unadorned by the picturesque outline of the Puy de Dome, or of the volcanic cones and craters now covering the granitic platform....earlier scene of repose deltas were slowly formed ; beds and calcareous rocks precipitated from the waters of mineral springs; shells and insects imbedded together... | |
| John William Colenso - 1864 - 388 sider
...or of the volcanic cones and craters now covering the granitic platform. During this earlier season of repose, deltas were slowly formed,— beds of marl...several hundred feet thick, deposited, — siliceous calcareous rocks precipitated from the waters of mineral springs, — shells and insects imbedded,... | |
| George Greenwood - 1866 - 294 sider
...precipices of Mont d'Or, and unadorned by the picturesque outline of the Puy de Dome, or of the volcanic cones and craters now covering the granitic platform....the crocodile and tortoise, the eggs and bones of waterbirds, and the skeletons of quadrupeds, some of them belonging to the same genera as those entombed... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1866 - 910 sider
...precipices of Mont Dor, and unadorned by the picturesque outline of the Puy de Dome, or of the volcanic cones and craters now covering the granitic platform....imbedded, together with the remains of the crocodile and torO toise, the eggs and bones of water birds, and the skeletons of quadrupeds, some of them belonging... | |
| 1870 - 544 sider
...precipices of Mont Dor, and unadorned by the picturesque outline of the Puy de Dome, or of the volcanic cones and craters now covering the granitic platform....thick, deposited ; siliceous and calcareous rocks percipitated from the waters of mineral springs ; shells and insects imbedded, together with the remains... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1871 - 726 sider
...precipices of Mont Dor, and unadorned by the picturesque outline of the Puy de Dome, or of the volcanic cones and craters now covering the granitic platform....the crocodile and tortoise, the eggs and bones of water-birds, and the skeletons of quadrupeds, most of them of genera and species characteristic of... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1871 - 656 sider
...precipices of Mont Dor, and unadorned by the picturesque outline of the Puy de Dome, or of the volcanic cones and craters now covering the granitic platform....the waters of mineral springs ; shells and insects embedded, together with the remains of the crocodile and tortoise ; the eggs and bones of water-birds,... | |
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