 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1865 - 830 Seiten
...of thirtythree species in the Kimmeridge clay eight, or 24 per cent., are commou to the Coral Rag. MIDDLE OOLITE. Coral Rag. — One of the limestones...position in which they grew at the bottom of the sea. In their forms they more frequently resemble the reef-building poliparia of the Pacific than do the... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1866 - 866 Seiten
...MIDDLE OOLITE. Coral-Rag.—One of the limestones of the Middle Oolite has been called the "Coral-Rag," because it consists, in part, of continuous beds of...position in which they grew at the bottom of the sea. In their forms they more frequently resemble the reef-building poliparia of the Pacific thau do the... | |
 | Patrick Buchan - 1868 - 276 Seiten
...have a great series of marine strata under the Wealden, a fresh-water deposit. 9. Middle Oolite.—' One of the limestones of the Middle Oolite has been...it consists in part of continuous beds of petrified coral, for the most part retaining the position in which they grew at the bottom of the sea.' Another... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1871 - 656 Seiten
...a fourth, common to such divisions as the Upper and Middle Oolite. MIDDLE OOLITE. Coral Rag.—One of the limestones of the Middle Oolite has been called...consists, in part, of continuous beds of petrified corals, most of them retaining the position in which they grew at the bottom of the sea. In their forms they... | |
 | Art-studies, Frederick Edward Hulme - 1872 - 242 Seiten
...the limestone beds of the middle Oolite series of England is a continuous bed of petrified corals, retaining the position in which they grew at the bottom of the sea ; and beside these we find scattered through our Oolitic formations an immense quantity of coral remains.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1874 - 856 Seiten
...the whole group seems to disappear. It attains to a maximum thickness of 190 feet. The corals retain the position in which they grew at the bottom of the sea ; they sometimes form masses fifteen feet thick. The characteristic genera are Isastraa, Tftamnastrcea, and... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1878 - 646 Seiten
...a fourth, common to such divisions as the Upper and Middle Oolite. MIDDLE OOLITE. Coral Rag.-—One of the limestones of the Middle Oolite has been called...consists, in part, of continuous beds of petrified corals, most of them retaining the position in which they grew at the bottom of the sea. In their forms they... | |
 | sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1878 - 702 Seiten
...profile. /. Ploughshare bone or broad terminal joint (seen also in/, D.) MIDDLE OOLITE. Coral Ra?.—One of the limestones of the Middle Oolite has been called...consists, in part, of continuous beds of petrified corals, most of them retaining the position in which they grew at the bottom of the sea. In their forms they... | |
 | Geologists' Association - 1904 - 676 Seiten
...themselves. Speaking of the Coral Rag, Lyell remarked (" Elements of Geology," 6th edit., p. 395) that it consists in part of continuous beds of petrified...position in which they grew at the bottom of the sea. In their forms they more frequently resemble the reef-building poliparia of the Pacific than do the... | |
 | Albert Hill Fay - 1920 - 770 Seiten
...The upper member of the Middle Oolite, so called because It consists, In part, of continuous beds of corals, for the most part retaining the position in which they grew, and sometimes forming masses 15 feet thick. (Page) inc. The depth of the sea at corals abound. (Century)... | |
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Middle Oolite. Coral Rag. — One of the limestones of the Middle Oolite has been called the " Coral Rag," because it consists, in part, of continuous beds of petrified corals, for the most part retaining the position in which they grew at the bottom... 
