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... shores Origin of the Druid sandstone The Brighton ' Elephant bed ' . 122 124 126 • . 127 129 CHAPTER IX . SEDGWICK'S DOCTRINE THAT DENUDATION IS ONLY ON LINES . Aqueous denudation is universal , and is not confined only to the lines of ...
... shores Origin of the Druid sandstone The Brighton ' Elephant bed ' . 122 124 126 • . 127 129 CHAPTER IX . SEDGWICK'S DOCTRINE THAT DENUDATION IS ONLY ON LINES . Aqueous denudation is universal , and is not confined only to the lines of ...
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... shores of any kind , either sea - shores or lake - shores . They are the remains of patches of alluvial plains . ' Years ago ( Rain and Rivers , ' page 4 of this edition ) , I described at length the birth , life , and death of these ...
... shores of any kind , either sea - shores or lake - shores . They are the remains of patches of alluvial plains . ' Years ago ( Rain and Rivers , ' page 4 of this edition ) , I described at length the birth , life , and death of these ...
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... shore , nor lake is required . Dr. Adams found such deposits at the second cataracts of the Nile , 130 feet above its present bed . The principle of the formation of the bluffs of the Mississippi , the loess of the Rhine and Danube ...
... shore , nor lake is required . Dr. Adams found such deposits at the second cataracts of the Nile , 130 feet above its present bed . The principle of the formation of the bluffs of the Mississippi , the loess of the Rhine and Danube ...
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... shores partake very much of the character of drift , beyond this of alluvium , and in the centre they are perfectly stratified . Where are we to draw the line in these cases ? and especially where are we to draw the line between new ...
... shores partake very much of the character of drift , beyond this of alluvium , and in the centre they are perfectly stratified . Where are we to draw the line in these cases ? and especially where are we to draw the line between new ...
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... shore origin . They have been run together in nodules by water impregnated with iron flint or carbonate of lime , and in great storms have been washed out into the deep water where the clays were in deposit like the sand of the plastic ...
... shore origin . They have been run together in nodules by water impregnated with iron flint or carbonate of lime , and in great storms have been washed out into the deep water where the clays were in deposit like the sand of the plastic ...
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