The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 128
... trachyte rock , and sections of several were shown in the sides of the chasm , which could only have been formed when the falls were many yards lower down . The trachyte is very hard and tough . The sections of the pot - holes are as ...
... trachyte rock , and sections of several were shown in the sides of the chasm , which could only have been formed when the falls were many yards lower down . The trachyte is very hard and tough . The sections of the pot - holes are as ...
Page 128
... trachyte rock , and sections of several were shown in the sides of the chasm , which could only have been formed when the falls were many yards lower down . The trachyte is very hard and tough . The sections of the pot - holes are as ...
... trachyte rock , and sections of several were shown in the sides of the chasm , which could only have been formed when the falls were many yards lower down . The trachyte is very hard and tough . The sections of the pot - holes are as ...
Page 266
... trachyte ( No. 1 in section ) . Above this is an ash bed , then a bed of breccia containing fragments of trachyte , then another bed of cinders , which looks like a rough sandstone , but is pisolitic , and contains pebbles of the size ...
... trachyte ( No. 1 in section ) . Above this is an ash bed , then a bed of breccia containing fragments of trachyte , then another bed of cinders , which looks like a rough sandstone , but is pisolitic , and contains pebbles of the size ...
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