 As uniform conditions of deposition were local as well as temporary, it is to be assumed that each formation is limited in horizontal extent. The formation should be recognized and should be called by the same name as far as it can be traced and identified...  Cenozoic Mammal Horizons of Western North America - Page 8by Henry Fairfield Osborn, William Diller Matthew - 1909 - 138 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geology - 1892 - 454 pages
...geologist and by the layman. "As each lithologic unit is the result of conditions of deposition that were local as well as temporary, it is to be assumed that each formation is limited in horizontal extent; the formation should be recognized and should be called by the same... | |
 | Newton Horace Winchell - Geology - 1892 - 446 pages
...geologist and by the layman. "As eacb lithologic unit is the result of conditions ol deposition that were local as well as temporary, it is to be assumed that each formation is limited in horizontal extent; the formation should be recognized and should be called by the same... | |
 | Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin - Geology - 1901 - 1068 pages
...Furthermore, the report says : "As each lithologic unit is the result of conditions of deposition that were local as well as temporary, it is to be assumed that each formation is limited in horizontal extent ; the formation should be recognized and should be called by the same... | |
 | Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin - Geology - 1901 - 1072 pages
...Furthermore, the report says' : "As each lithologic unit is the result of conditions of deposition that were local as well as temporary, it is to be assumed that each formation is limited in horizontal extent; the formation should be recognized ,m<! should be called by the same... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1903 - 420 pages
...the users of the map. In every case the definition of a formation in the folio text should include a statement of the important facts which led to its...identified in the field, whether by geologist or layman. 4. As uniform conditions of deposition were local as well as temporary, it is to be assumed that each... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1909 - 160 pages
...rapid alternation of shale and limestone. * * * The definition of a formation * * * should include a statement of the important facts which led to its...temporary, it is to be assumed that each formation is limited in horizontal extent. The formation should be recognized and should be called by the same... | |
 | Amadeus William Grabau - Geology - 1913 - 1234 pages
...character, as, for example, a rapid alternation of shale and limestone." It is further suggested that, "As uniform conditions of deposition were local as...temporary, it is to be assumed that each formation is limited in horizontal extent. The formation should be recognized and should be called by the same... | |
 | Maryland Geological Survey - Geology - 1913 - 742 pages
...formation it was stated that " As each lithologic unit is the result of conditions of deposition that were local as well as temporary, it is to be assumed that each formation is limited in horizontal extent; the formation should be recognized and should be called by the same... | |
 | George McCready Price - Geology - 1923 - 740 pages
...Survey to determine the method of defining and identifying the formation as the stratigraphical unit : "As uniform conditions of deposition were local as...temporary, it is to be assumed that each formation is limited in horizontal extent. The formation should be recognized and should be called by the same... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Forest reserves - 1903 - 418 pages
...the users of the map. In every case the definition of a formation in the folio text should include a statement of the important facts which led to its...identified in the field, whether by geologist or layman. 4. As uniform conditions of deposition were local as well as temporary, it is to be assumed that each... | |
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