The Student's Elements of GeologyHarper & Brothers, 1871 - 640 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
abundant alluded Ammonites ancient argillaceous basalt beds belong bones brachiopoda bryozoa calcareous called Cambrian carbonate Carboniferous clay coal coal-measures common consist containing corals Crag crater Cretaceous crystalline denudation deposits Devonian dikes England Eningen Eocene eruptions Europe extinct fauna feet thick feldspar fish fissure formation fossil fossiliferous fragments fresh-water genera genus Geol geological geologists gneiss granite horizontal hornblende lakes land lava layers Lias lime limestone Lower Miocene mammalia marine shells marl mass metamorphic mica miles Miocene mollusca mountain Murchison Neocomian newer North Nummulites observed occur Old Red Sandstone older Oolite organic remains origin pebbles period Permian plants Pliocene plutonic rocks portion Professor Purbeck quadrupeds quartz regions reptiles rivers sand seen shale siliceous Silurian slate sometimes species stone strata stratified surface tertiary tion trachyte trees Trias tuffs Upper Miocene valley veins vertical volcanic rocks white chalk
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Página 46 - The upper valve is almost invariably wanting, though occasionally found in a perfect state of preservation in the white chalk at some distance. In this case, we see clearly that the sea-urchin first lived from youth to age, then died and lost its spines, which were carried away. Then the young Crania adhered to the bared shell, grew and perished in its turn ; after which, the upper valve was separated from the lower, before the Echinus became enveloped in chalky mud.