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... 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 made by ...
... 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 made by ...
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... tertiary strata . ' ( One cause of ' peculiar interest ' is , that the deposits have been inland ; that is , by comparison , on land , and therefore contain the fossils of the animals which inhabited the land . ) For we are presented in ...
... tertiary strata . ' ( One cause of ' peculiar interest ' is , that the deposits have been inland ; that is , by comparison , on land , and therefore contain the fossils of the animals which inhabited the land . ) For we are presented in ...
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... TERTIARY STRATA . TER- TIARY STRATA ORIGINALLY UNITED THE BASINS OF LONDON , PARIS , AND HAMPSHIRE . THE WEALD VALLEY , NO VALLEY , BUT A HILL . AND ITS DENUDATION PASSES TO TWO SEAS BY NUMEROUS DISTINCT TRUNK VALLEYS . THESE VALLEYS ...
... TERTIARY STRATA . TER- TIARY STRATA ORIGINALLY UNITED THE BASINS OF LONDON , PARIS , AND HAMPSHIRE . THE WEALD VALLEY , NO VALLEY , BUT A HILL . AND ITS DENUDATION PASSES TO TWO SEAS BY NUMEROUS DISTINCT TRUNK VALLEYS . THESE VALLEYS ...
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... tertiary strata did not join over the chalk , because they may have been deposited from his favourite marine de- nudation after the chalk was raised . He writes : Beaconsfield Henley G : Marlow R. Thames Maidenhead c Windsor 34 ...
... tertiary strata did not join over the chalk , because they may have been deposited from his favourite marine de- nudation after the chalk was raised . He writes : Beaconsfield Henley G : Marlow R. Thames Maidenhead c Windsor 34 ...
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... , Exhibiting the Denudation OF THE WEALD 2 Edwa Weller 1 2 3 4 5 Tertiary Strata Chalk and Up . Gault Lower Green Sand Weald Clay Green Sand Hastings Sand London Longman & Co This idea receives some countenance from the fact of the.
... , Exhibiting the Denudation OF THE WEALD 2 Edwa Weller 1 2 3 4 5 Tertiary Strata Chalk and Up . Gault Lower Green Sand Weald Clay Green Sand Hastings Sand London Longman & Co This idea receives some countenance from the fact of the.
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