But all historical geology assures us that the continental plateau and the oceanic hollows have never changed places, although from time to time portions of the latter have been ridged up and added to the margins of the former, while ever and anon marginal... The Geographical Journal - Page 2321893Full view - About this book
| American Geographical Society of New York - 1892 - 1004 lehte
...irregularly submerged under tolerably deep and wide seas. But all historical geology assures us that the continental plateau and the oceanic hollows have...plateau have sunk down to very considerable depths. We may thus speak of the great world-ridges as regions of dominant elevation, and of the profound oceanic... | |
| 1892 - 834 lehte
...delivered to the Geographical Section of the British Association at Edinburgh, expressed himself thus: — "The continental plateau and the oceanic hollows have...plateau have sunk down to very considerable depths." This appears to me fairly to represent our present knowledge of the subject, and to be in no respect... | |
| 1892 - 802 lehte
...irregularly submerged under tolerably deep and wide seas. But all historical geology assures us that the continental plateau and the oceanic hollows have...plateau have sunk down to very considerable depths. We may thus speak of the great world-ridges as regions of dominant elevation, and of the profound oceanic... | |
| 1893 - 664 lehte
...even in the first edition of 'Island Life ' admitted certain exceptions. Hence his advance to 1 500 or even 2000 fathoms in some cases did not affect...paper on the " Evolution of Climate," published in the Scottish Geographical Magazine, vol. 6 (1890), p. 57, Professor Geikie gives a series of maps showing... | |
| Robert Davies Roberts - 1893 - 378 lehte
...irregularly submerged under tolerably deep and wide seas. But all historical geology assures us that the continental plateau and the oceanic hollows have...plateau have sunk down to very considerable depths. We may thus speak of the great world-ridges as regions of dominant elevation, and of the profound oceanic... | |
| 1889 - 768 lehte
...seas. But all historical geology assures us that the continental plateau and the oceanic hollows had never changed places, although from time to time portions...plateau have sunk down to very considerable depths. We may thus speak of the great world-ridges as regions of dominant elevation, and of the profound oceanic... | |
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