 | 1888 - 596 Seiten
...Fustilinn : and the Nnmrtinhtes, which in Tertiary times played so conspicuous a part in building up the solid framework of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa. The great Nummulitie Limestone often attains many thousands of feet in thickness, and extends from... | |
 | Geological Society of London - 1850 - 732 Seiten
...and spreading over a large part of the globe of which the geology is best known. They are met with in full force in the north of Africa, as for example in Algeria and Morocco ; they have been traced from Egypt into Asia Minor, and across Persia by Bagdad to the banks of the... | |
 | Geological Society of London - 1850 - 848 Seiten
...and spreading over a large part of the globe of which the geology is best known. They are met with in full force in the north of Africa, as for example in Algeria and Morocco ; they have been traced from Egypt into Asia Minor, and across Persia by Bagdad to the banks of the... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1851 - 602 Seiten
...a comparatively modern date. The nummulitic formation, with its characteristic fossils, plays a far more conspicuous part than any other tertiary group...many thousand feet, and extends from the Alps to the Apennines. It is found in the Carpathians, and in full force in the north of Africa, as, for example,... | |
 | 1851 - 406 Seiten
...and spreading over a large part of the globe of which the geology is best known. They are met with in full force in the north of Africa ; as for example in Algeria and Morocco ; they have been traced from Egypt into Asia Minor, and across Persia by Bagdad to the banks of the... | |
 | 1851 - 438 Seiten
...and spreading over a large part of the globe of which the geology is best known. They are met with in full force in the north of Africa ; as for example in Algeria and Morocco ; they have been traced from Egypt into Asia Minor, and across Persia by Bagdad to the banks of the... | |
 | Rosina Maria Zornlin - 1852 - 418 Seiten
...'The nummulitic formation, with its characteristic fossils,' observes Sir Charles Lyell, 'plays a far more conspicuous part than any other Tertiary Group...many thousand feet, and extends from the Alps to the Apennines. It is found in the Carpathians, and in full force in the north of Africa, as, for example,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...a comparatively modern date. The nummulitic formation, with its characteristic fossils, plays a far more conspicuous part than any other tertiary group...many thousand feet, and extends from the Alps to the Apennines. It is found in the Carpathians, and in full force in the north of Africa, as, for example,... | |
 | John Thomas Quekett - 1854 - 514 Seiten
...According to Sir Charles Lyell,* the nummulitic formation, with its characteristic fossils, plays a far more conspicuous part than any other tertiary group...whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa, it often attains a * Manual of Elementary Geology, 3rd Editiou, p. 234 . thickness of many thousand feet, and extends... | |
 | David Page - 1854 - 162 Seiten
...many thousand feet, and extends from the Alps to the Apennines. It is found in the Carpathians, and in full force in the north of Africa — as, for example, in Algeria and Morocco. It has also been traced from Egypt into Asia Minor, and across Persia by Bagdad to the mouths of the Indus.... | |
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The nummulitic formation, with its characteristic fossils, plays a far more conspicuous part than any other tertiary group in the solid framework of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa. It often attains a thickness of many thousand feet,... 
