Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special Reference to American Geological History, for the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools of ScienceAmerican book Company, 1895 - 1088 pages |
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acid afforded alumina Ammonites animal Appalachian Archæan Atlantic basin beds belt border Brachiopods calcareous Cambrian carbonate carbonic acid Carboniferous cent clay coal coal-beds Coal-measures coast color common consisting containing continental coral County Cretaceous Crinoids Crustaceans crystalline crystals Cycads deposits depth Devonian earth's east eastern epoch eruption feldspar fissures flexures formation fossils fractures Gastropods genera genus Geol geological glacier gneiss granite heat height hornblende igneous inches interior iron islands Jurassic kinds Lake land later lavas layers limestone Lower Silurian Marsh mass metamorphic mica miles mineral mountain nearly North America occur ocean Ohio Oölyte orthoclase oxide Pacific Paleozoic period Permian plants plateau pyroxene quartz quartzyte range reefs region represented Reptiles ridges River rocks sand sandstone schist shales shells side siliceous Silurian slope sometimes species strata stream structure Subcarboniferous surface temperature Trenton Triassic Trilobites Upper Silurian upturned valley veins volcanic waters western