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... strata were formed in the sea , and consequently that Dar- winism and the development ' theory are myths . entire surface of the earth is covered with soil . That soil is rotted subsoil . Owing to atmospheric disinte- gration , soil is ...
... strata were formed in the sea , and consequently that Dar- winism and the development ' theory are myths . entire surface of the earth is covered with soil . That soil is rotted subsoil . Owing to atmospheric disinte- gration , soil is ...
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... strata , when hoisted up by heat in the form of slate , sandstone , limestone , & c . , form museums of sea life of an antiquity quite incomprehensible to man . But these museums contain sea life only ; land animals neither live nor die ...
... strata , when hoisted up by heat in the form of slate , sandstone , limestone , & c . , form museums of sea life of an antiquity quite incomprehensible to man . But these museums contain sea life only ; land animals neither live nor die ...
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... 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 made by rain and ...
... 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 made by rain and ...
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... strata from granite to flint in south coast beaches 114 • Groins . 115 • Sorting and sizing of sea beach 117 Blown sand · 118 Boulder clay • Portland a natural groin which catches the Chesil beach Dover built on a beach 2,000 years old ...
... strata from granite to flint in south coast beaches 114 • Groins . 115 • Sorting and sizing of sea beach 117 Blown sand · 118 Boulder clay • Portland a natural groin which catches the Chesil beach Dover built on a beach 2,000 years old ...
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... strata have land fossils , all strata have been formed from the débris of land . That is , by sub- aerial , not submarine denudation Surface flints the residuum of denudation • 209 209 • 210 211 CHAPTER XV . ELLET ON THE MISSISSIPPI ...
... strata have land fossils , all strata have been formed from the débris of land . That is , by sub- aerial , not submarine denudation Surface flints the residuum of denudation • 209 209 • 210 211 CHAPTER XV . ELLET ON THE MISSISSIPPI ...
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