The Story of the Hills: A Book about Mountains for General ReadersMacmillan and Company, 1892 - 357 страница |
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... strata of which mountains are chiefly com- posed , converting them into slates , schist , gneiss , and other kinds of rock called " meta- morphic " by geologists , because they have been altered or metamorphosed from their original ...
... strata of which mountains are chiefly com- posed , converting them into slates , schist , gneiss , and other kinds of rock called " meta- morphic " by geologists , because they have been altered or metamorphosed from their original ...
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... de- posits , or sediments formed in seas and inland lakes . They are always arranged in layers , known to geologists as " strata , " because they have been gently laid down , or strewn ( Latin 148 The Story of the Hills . GETHER.
... de- posits , or sediments formed in seas and inland lakes . They are always arranged in layers , known to geologists as " strata , " because they have been gently laid down , or strewn ( Latin 148 The Story of the Hills . GETHER.
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... strata sloping or " dipping " in various directions , sometimes only slightly , but some- times very steeply , nay , even standing up on end , the conclusion that they have been up- heaved and pushed or squeezed into these vari- ous ...
... strata sloping or " dipping " in various directions , sometimes only slightly , but some- times very steeply , nay , even standing up on end , the conclusion that they have been up- heaved and pushed or squeezed into these vari- ous ...
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... strata to see that they have been forced into all kinds of po- sitions , sometimes standing bolt upright ( see dia- grams , chap . ix . , p . 307 ) . And as we cannot believe , for many reasons , that these move- ments were of a very ...
... strata to see that they have been forced into all kinds of po- sitions , sometimes standing bolt upright ( see dia- grams , chap . ix . , p . 307 ) . And as we cannot believe , for many reasons , that these move- ments were of a very ...
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... search in vain for such evidence . Instead of being broken , the rocks extend continually across . You would also expect to find the strata " dip- ping , " or sloping away from the stream on How the Mountains were carved out . 215.
... search in vain for such evidence . Instead of being broken , the rocks extend continually across . You would also expect to find the strata " dip- ping , " or sloping away from the stream on How the Mountains were carved out . 215.
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