 | Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, William Talbot Aveline, Edward Hull - 1858 - 60 Seiten
...The hard Chalk rising abruptly out of the high and broad plateau of the soft Chalk, the bare grassy sides and tops of the former contrast strongly with...ridges and valleys, and is nearly destitute of water. A bay or inlet of the Lower Chalk running by Ogbourn St. George and Ogbourn St. Andrew's towards Marlborough... | |
 | Andrew Crombie Ramsay - 1858 - 58 Seiten
...The hard Chalk rising abruptly out of the high and broad plateau of the soft Chalk, the bare grassy sides and tops of the former contrast strongly with...ridges and valleys, and is nearly destitute of water. A bay or inlet of the Lower Chalk running by Ogbourn St. George and Ogbourn St. Andrew's towards Marlborough... | |
 | Thomas Arthur Preston - 1888 - 524 Seiten
...a milk-white or creamy tint. The Upper Chalk, or Chalkwith-flints, is about 600 feet thick.' Whilst the plateau of the Lower Chalk rises and falls in...ridges and valleys, and is nearly destitute of water. The Upper Chalk forms a white land, with a scanty covering of soil and a short sweet turf; the beech... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1902 - 580 Seiten
...The hard Chalk rising abruptly out of the high and broad plateau of the soft Chalk, the bare grassy sides and tops of the former contrast strongly with the cultivated plains of the Litter. And while the plateau of the Lower Chalk rises and falls in gentle undulations, interspersed... | |
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... down and spread over the Lower soft Chalk. The unequal denudation of the hard and soft Chalk forms a striking feature in this part of the country, especially when viewed from the west and north-west. The hard Chalk rising abruptly out of the high... 