The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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... Period in North America [ 1866 ] , Nova Scotian Inst . Nat . Sci . , vol . 2 , pt . 4 , 1867 , pp . 91- 106 ; On ... Period , Journ . of Sci . , vol . 4 , 1874 , PP . 421-464 ; The Steppes of Siberia , Geol . Soc . Quart . Journ . , vol ...
... Period in North America [ 1866 ] , Nova Scotian Inst . Nat . Sci . , vol . 2 , pt . 4 , 1867 , pp . 91- 106 ; On ... Period , Journ . of Sci . , vol . 4 , 1874 , PP . 421-464 ; The Steppes of Siberia , Geol . Soc . Quart . Journ . , vol ...
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... period , and ice- bergs could not have floated without such submergence , so that , in the cases I have mentioned , the boulders , if ice - borne , have been carried by glaciers and not by floating ice . Whilst I thus found evidence of ...
... period , and ice- bergs could not have floated without such submergence , so that , in the cases I have mentioned , the boulders , if ice - borne , have been carried by glaciers and not by floating ice . Whilst I thus found evidence of ...
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... period . How is it that such peculiarly tropical groups were not exterminated by the cold of the glacial period , or if able to stand the cold , that they did not spread into temperate regions on the retreat of the ice ? I believe the ...
... period . How is it that such peculiarly tropical groups were not exterminated by the cold of the glacial period , or if able to stand the cold , that they did not spread into temperate regions on the retreat of the ice ? I believe the ...
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