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... PONDING . Tertiary strata originally united the basins of London , Paris , and Hampshire 39 ' The Weald valley ' no valley but a hill 39 And its denudation passes to two seas by numerous dis- tinct trunk valleys 41 • These valleys were ...
... PONDING . Tertiary strata originally united the basins of London , Paris , and Hampshire 39 ' The Weald valley ' no valley but a hill 39 And its denudation passes to two seas by numerous dis- tinct trunk valleys 41 • These valleys were ...
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George Greenwood. CHAPTER IV . THE ST . LAWRENCE WILL RUN THROUGH RIDGES BY PONDING . Rivers may run over and through ridges of hills by ponding , as in the valley of the St. Lawrence Lyell contradicts himself on this subject PAGE 73 ...
George Greenwood. CHAPTER IV . THE ST . LAWRENCE WILL RUN THROUGH RIDGES BY PONDING . Rivers may run over and through ridges of hills by ponding , as in the valley of the St. Lawrence Lyell contradicts himself on this subject PAGE 73 ...
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... whole terraqueous globe would be covered a yard deep with fresh water . Is this so small a cause as to produce no effect ? CHAPTER III . DENUNDATION OF WEALD RUNS THROUGH WITHOUT PONDING 32 [ CH . II . TERRACES OF GLEN ROY.
... whole terraqueous globe would be covered a yard deep with fresh water . Is this so small a cause as to produce no effect ? CHAPTER III . DENUNDATION OF WEALD RUNS THROUGH WITHOUT PONDING 32 [ CH . II . TERRACES OF GLEN ROY.
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... PONDING . THE WEALD VALLEY MAY BECOME THE ' OOLITIC VALLEY . ' MANTELL'S ' DILUVIAL ' VALLEY . THE AXIAL VALLEY OF THE ROTHER . ROMNEY MARSH THE DELTA OF THE ROTHER . EMBANKMENT OF NEW LAND STILL GOES ON . ONLY MUD GOES OUT TO SEA . THE ...
... PONDING . THE WEALD VALLEY MAY BECOME THE ' OOLITIC VALLEY . ' MANTELL'S ' DILUVIAL ' VALLEY . THE AXIAL VALLEY OF THE ROTHER . ROMNEY MARSH THE DELTA OF THE ROTHER . EMBANKMENT OF NEW LAND STILL GOES ON . ONLY MUD GOES OUT TO SEA . THE ...
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... been washed away , in both cases unstratified . Alluvium is finer drift , par- tially stratified , deposited on land , from materials held in suspension by water running or standing for a D 2 CH . III . ] THROUGH RIDGES WITHOUT PONDING .
... been washed away , in both cases unstratified . Alluvium is finer drift , par- tially stratified , deposited on land , from materials held in suspension by water running or standing for a D 2 CH . III . ] THROUGH RIDGES WITHOUT PONDING .
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