 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1833 - 570 Seiten
...farther to the westward it is of great thickness, and contains hard beds of blue chert and limestone. Here, accordingly, we find that it produces a corresponding...the foot of the chalk-hills, and constitutes a lower No. 67. a, Chalk with flinls. 6, Chalk without Bints, r, Upper green sand, or firestone. rf, Gault.... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1833 - 562 Seiten
...to- the westward it. is of great thickness, and contains hard beds of blue chert and limestorieji/) Here, accordingly, we find that it produces a corresponding...on the scenery of the country, for it runs out like .1 step beyond the foot of the chalk-hills, and constitutes a iower ., • , ,i 'i »'l I f, -IfNiitefl... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 420 Seiten
...farther to the westward it is of great thickness, and contains hard beds of blue chert and limestone. Here, accordingly, we find that it produces a corresponding...miles, and following the sinuosities of the chalk escar i '3 O ' 1^** -• .•- '*' * - • *• - : . v . * m~- t. . .- :•-.«: • escarp«-•... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1834 - 420 Seiten
...farther to the westward it is of great thickness, and contains hard beds of blue chert and limestone. Here, accordingly, we find that it produces a corresponding...in breadth from a quarter of a mile to three miles, i 3 and following the sinuosities of the chalk escarpment. * No. 120. a. Chalk with flints. 6. Chalk... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 482 Seiten
...farther to the westward it is of great thickness, and contains hard beds of blue chert and limestone. Here, .accordingly, we find that it produces a corresponding...following the sinuosities of the chalk escarpment.* Fig. 137. a. Chalk with flints. t. Chalk without flints. c. Upper green- sand, or firestone. i/. Gault.... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1844 - 922 Seiten
...ship lay might have covered a hundred and fifty acres in extent, the belt of land which encircled it, varying in breadth from a quarter of a mile to three miles. Most of the island was an open grove, lying at an elevation of from ten to thirty feet above the ocean... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1844 - 516 Seiten
...ship lay might have covered a hundred and fifty acres in extent, the belt of land which encircled it, varying in breadth from a quarter of a mile to three miles. Most of the island was an open grove, lying at an elevation of from ten to thirty feet above the ocean;... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1851 - 520 Seiten
...ship lay might have covered a hundred and fifty acres in extent, the belt of land which encircled it, varying in breadth from a quarter of a mile to three miles. Most of the island was an open grove, lying at an elevation of from ten to thirty feet above the ocean... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...may he stated that > of the softer and Ikctch of Hastings. 248 PROMINENCE OP HARDER STRATA. [Cn. XIX. more incoherent beds, while ridges or lines of cliff...following the sinuosities of the chalk escarpment.* Fig. 25g. n. Chalk with flints. 4. Chalk without flints. c. Upper grccnsatid, or firestone. d. Gault. It... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1854 - 556 Seiten
...has been cut into a steep cliff on that side on which the sea encroached. This escarpment bounds H deep valley, excavated chiefly out of the soft argillaceous...following the sinuosities of the chalk escarpment.* Fig. 2»a a. Chalk with flints. b. Chalk without flint*. c. Upper greensand, or firestone. d. Gault. It... | |
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Here, accordingly, we find that it produces a corresponding influence on the scenery of the country ; for it runs out like a step beyond the foot of the chalk-hills, and constitutes a lower terrace, varying in breadth from a quarter of a mile to three... 
