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... deposits , and height- ening of the flood - plain . But it will seldom happen that he cannot in some way gain access to the geological formations below the surface , and even in a flat and featureless region obtain a series of facts ...
... deposits , and height- ening of the flood - plain . But it will seldom happen that he cannot in some way gain access to the geological formations below the surface , and even in a flat and featureless region obtain a series of facts ...
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... deposits of the observer's later experience may never possess . If , on the other hand , the rocks are crystalline -granites , schists , and other similar masses , or basalts , tuffs , and other volcanic accumulations , the geologist ...
... deposits of the observer's later experience may never possess . If , on the other hand , the rocks are crystalline -granites , schists , and other similar masses , or basalts , tuffs , and other volcanic accumulations , the geologist ...
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... deposits . In one region he will encounter thick masses of earth or loam , containing here and there the bones of long extinct mammals . In another quarter he may meet with sheets of gravel , perched on the sides of valleys high above ...
... deposits . In one region he will encounter thick masses of earth or loam , containing here and there the bones of long extinct mammals . In another quarter he may meet with sheets of gravel , perched on the sides of valleys high above ...
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... deposits there is a story to be made out , and that it is worth his while to decipher it . Lastly , it may chance that the beginner is so situated as to be able to watch the actual visible progress of geo- logical changes . His home may ...
... deposits there is a story to be made out , and that it is worth his while to decipher it . Lastly , it may chance that the beginner is so situated as to be able to watch the actual visible progress of geo- logical changes . His home may ...
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... deposits , from the most recent to the most ancient , which may occur in the district embraced by the map , with their boundary - lines accurately traced , and the relation of their distribution to the external form of the ground ...
... deposits , from the most recent to the most ancient , which may occur in the district embraced by the map , with their boundary - lines accurately traced , and the relation of their distribution to the external form of the ground ...
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