| Sir Charles Lyell - 1845 - 262 Seiten
...of the waters, and then to a moderate depth below them. Large islands and bergs of floating ice came from the north, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebbles, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and when... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1845 - 320 Seiten
...the waters, and then to a moderate depth. below them. Large islands and bergs of floating ice came from the north, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebbles, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and when... | |
| 1851 - 612 Seiten
...then to a moderate depth below them : — " Large islands and bergs of floating ice from the rocks, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebble, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and when... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1855 - 686 Seiten
...explain the position of the erratics and the polished surfaces of rocks, and their striae and flutings, we must assume first a gradual submergence of the...broken off, and fragments of hard stone, frozen into tbe lower surface of the ice, had power to scoop out grooves in the subjacent solid rock. The sloping... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1855 - 304 Seiten
...of the waters, and then to a moderate depth below them. Large islands and bergs of floating ice came from the north, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebbles, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and when... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1859 - 444 Seiten
...of the waters, and then to a moderate depth below them. Large islands and bergs of floating ice came from the north, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebbles, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and,... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1860 - 718 Seiten
...explain the position of the erratics and the polished surfaces of rocks, and their striie and flutings, we must assume first a gradual submergence of the...hard stone, frozen into the lower surface of the ice, liad power to scoop out grooves in the subjacent solid rock. The sloping bench, as well as the floor... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1865 - 446 Seiten
...of the waters, and then to a moderate depth below them. Large islands and bergs of floating ice came from the north, which, as they grounded on the coast and on shoals, pushed along all loose materials of sand and pebbles, broke off all angular and projecting points of rock, and,... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1866 - 910 Seiten
...cases, to land glaciers as the principal agents of this glaciation. I assumed, therefore, that while the land was slowly sinking, the sea which bordered...hard stone, frozen into the lower surface of the ice, scooped out grooves in the subjacent solid rock. The sloping beach, as well as the floor of the ocean,... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1866 - 866 Seiten
...land glaciers as the principal agents of this glaciation. I assumed, therefore, that while the laud was slowly sinking, the sea which bordered it was...hard stone, frozen into the lower surface of the ice, scooped out grooves in the subjacent solid rock. The sloping beach, as well as the floor of the ocean,... | |
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