 | James Dwight Dana - 1880 - 964 Seiten
...the heat received from below, "would determine the contraction which results from the cooling of Ihe globe to exhibit itself in those regions and along those lines where ihe ocean is subsiding beneath the accumulating sedimenta." (5.) The stratified rocks become, in the... | |
 | Osmond Fisher - 1881 - 332 Seiten
...important result of this accumulation there pointed out was by the softening of the underlying floor, or the ' bottom strata to establish lines of weakness...bed is subsiding beneath the accumulated sediments' Hence, I added, ' we conceive the subsidence invoked by Mr Hall, tbough not the sole nor even the principal... | |
 | Osmond Fisher - 1881 - 332 Seiten
...important result of this accumulation there pointed out was by the softening of the underlying floor, or the ' bottom strata to establish lines of weakness...in those regions, and along those lines where the oceans bed is subsiding beneath the accumulated sediments.' Hence, I added, ' we conceive the subsidence... | |
 | Osmond Fisher - 1881 - 320 Seiten
...was by the softening of the underlying floor, or the - buttom strata to establish lines of iveakness or of least resistance in the earth's crust, and thus...in those regions, and along those lines where the oceans bed is subsiding beneath the accumulated sediments' Hence, I added, ' we conceive the subsidence... | |
 | Alexander Winchell - 1883 - 678 Seiten
...FranCe, I, viii. 197. of softening. He conceives the most important result of the subsidence to be, to "cause the bottom strata to establish lines of weakness...bed is subsiding beneath the accumulated sediments." While Professor Hall had conceived the process of subsidence as the principal en nne of the corrugations... | |
 | Alexander Winchell - 1883 - 678 Seiten
...Treatise, Note I, 2sS>-57. of softening. He conceives the most important result of the subsidence to be, to "cause the bottom strata to establish lines of weakness...bed is subsiding beneath the accumulated sediments." While Professor Hall had conceived the process of subsidence as the principal ctiiute of the corrugations... | |
 | Osmond Fisher - 1889 - 482 Seiten
...was by the softening of the underlying floor, or the ' bottom strata to establish lines of'weakness or of least resistance in the earth's crust, and thus...in those regions, and along those lines where the oceans bed is subsiding beneath the accumulated sediments.' Hence, I added, ' we conceive the subsidence... | |
 | T. J. J. See - 1907 - 340 Seiten
...under the sea, and are, therefore, everywhere proportional to extent and depth of the adjacent oceans. Appalachian and other American mountain regions. To...mountain formation are worthy of attention. § 42. Vicivs of Leconte. — This veteran geologist gave great attention to mountain formation throughout... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Jackson See - 1908 - 150 Seiten
...borders is so exact that the rule-of-three form of statement cannot be far from the truth. As the size of the Appalachians to the size of the Atlantic, so...mountain formation are worthy of attention. § 42. Views of Leconte. — This veteran geologist gave great attention to mountain formation throughout... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1908 - 760 Seiten
...and are, therefore, everywhere proportional to extent and depth of the adjacent oceans. §41. Fieu's of James Hall. — In 1857 this distinguished American...mountain formation are worthy of attention. § 42. Views of Leconte. — This veteran geologist gave great attention to mountain formation throughout... | |
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Appalachian and other American mountain regions. To explain such deposits he supposed that marine currents had formerly traversed these regions and by gradually depositing sediments of great weight had also sunk the crust till at length a great thickness... 
