... deposition was long continued, forming thick beds, when they in turn were covered by other sediments. Thus the accumulation went on as the older strata gradually and slowly subsided until the thickness amounted to thousands of feet. The time was long,... Final Report - Seite 169von New Jersey Geological Survey, New Jersey. State Geologist - 1910Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| New Jersey Geological Survey, 1863-1915 - 1883 - 206 Seiten
...these fragmental sedi* The horizontal lines in the figure have no structural significance. 72 merits and fine deposits were altered into crystalline masses....more or less gentle inclination, and dip began as an element of stratification. Upheaving and compressing forces at length began their mighty work and the... | |
| Geological Survey of New Jersey - 1883 - 202 Seiten
...wherein these fragmental sedi* The horizontal lines in the figure have no structural significance. ments and fine deposits were altered into crystalline masses....more or less gentle inclination, and dip began as an element of stratification. Upheaving and compressing forces at length began their mighty work and the... | |
| New Jersey Geological Survey, New Jersey. State Geologist - 1910 - 614 Seiten
...sand, clay, marl and iron ores in recent times. And there must have been sandy, clayey, caleareous and ferruginous beds like these modern deposits in...more or less gentle inclination, and dip began as an element of stratification. Upheaving and compressing forces at length began their mighty work and the... | |
| William Shirley Bayley - 1910 - 570 Seiten
...amounted to thousands of feet. The time was long, perhaps as great in length as the combined age's of all the later formations. With the subsidence of...were altered into crystalline masses. This change or mctamorphism of the strata was probably slow and in progress throughout a long period of time. The... | |
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