 It is a significant fact, first noticed by WALLACE that, whilst all islands having shallow channels, however broad, separating them from each other, and from not distant continents, give evidence of a former connection in Post-Tertiary times ; on the...  Proceedings of the Geologists' Association - Seite 21von Geologists' Association - 1876Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1874 - 596 Seiten
...from each other and from not distant continents, produce evidence of having been formerly connected in posttertiary times, on the other hand islands surrounded by deep water are distinguished by peculiar faunas. Thus Madagascar is separated from Africa by a deep sea, and its fauna... | |
 | 1874 - 608 Seiten
...from each other and from not distant continents, produce evidence of having been formerly connected in posttertiary times, on the other hand islands surrounded by deep water are distinguished by peculiar faunas. Thus Madagascar is separated from Africa by a deep sea, and its fauna... | |
 | Thomas Rupert Jones - 1875 - 906 Seiten
...movement has been one of depression, the bridge by which they passed over has been submerged and destroyed It is a significant fact, first noticed by WALLACE...the sea-level would afford a satisfactory solution of these difficulties which cannot so readily be explained by local subsidences and elevations A rise... | |
 | Thomas Rupert Jones - 1875 - 920 Seiten
...movement has been one of depression, the bridge by which they passed over has been submerged and destroyed It is a significant fact, first noticed by WALLACE...and its fauna and flora are singularly distinct. The Galupngos islands have also a peculiar fauna, indicating the antiquity of their insulation. A uniform... | |
 | Thomas Rupert Jones - 1875 - 908 Seiten
...distant continents, give evidence of a former connection in Post-Tertiary times ; on the other band, islands surrounded by deep -water are marked by peculiar...is separated by a deep sea, and its fauna and flora arc singularly distinct. The Galapagos islands have also a peculiar fauna, indicating the antiquity... | |
 | Geologists' Association - 1876 - 654 Seiten
...England with Ireland and with the Continent, Malta with Africa, the Malay Archipelago with Asia, ou the one hand, and with Australia on the other, the...surrounded by deep water are marked by peculiar faunas. Thns Madagascar, though near the coast of Africa, is separated by a deep sea, and its fauna and flora... | |
 | 1874 - 600 Seiten
...from each other and from not distant continents, produce evidence of having been formerly connected in posttertiary times, on the other hand islands surrounded by deep water are distinguished by peculiar faunas. Thus Madagascar is separated from Africa by a deep sea, and its fauna... | |
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