ISBN: 1155087895

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Paperback, [EAN: 9781155087894], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ...was submerged by the ocean from which the deposits were made. In cases where the organic remains are of a mixed character, containing shells and other fossils, some analogous to existing marine and other species, it may be inferred that such deposits were made at the embouchures of rivers. By such inductions it has been ascertained that extensive tracts of the surface of the globe, which are now dry land and raised to elevations considerably above the level of the sea, must, at various former epochs, have been submerged in the waters of the ocean. A great part of France, including the country around Paris, Normandy, Artois, Picardy, Franche-Comte, Burgundy, the Cevennes, Dauphiny, and Provence, present examples of this. Fig. 10S.--Fossil footprints in the strata of the new red saudstona. THE CRUST OF THE EARTH; OR, FIRST NOTIONS OF GEOLOGY. CHAPTER VII. 1?6. Fossil foraminifera--177. Fossil infusoria--Researches of Ehrenberg.--178. Marine deposits at great heights, produced by former undulations of the land.--179. Organic deposits show that the same parts of the land have undergone a series of alternate elevations and depressions.--180. Example of the Portland beds.--181. Fossil footsteps.--182. Such traces common in the new red sandstone, at Hesseburg, and near Liverpool.--183. Footprints of birds.--184. Fossil rain-drops and ripple-marks.--185. Conclusion. 176. Besides the larger class of fossil shells, there are numerous infinitely more minute ones, which have largely contributed to the formation of the actual crust of the globe, the principal of which are the Foraminifera and Infusoria. The Foraminifera are marine animals of low organisation, and generally of such extreme minuteness, that an ounce of sea-sand will contain three or..., 1000, Subjects, 1, Arts & Photography, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 3, Business & Investing, 3248857011, Calendars, 4, Children's Books, 12290, Christian Books & Bibles, 4366, Comics & Graphic Novels, 5, Computers & Technology, 6, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, 48, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, 21, Education & Reference, 173507, Engineering & Transportation, 301889, Gay & Lesbian, 10, Health, Fitness & Dieting, 9, History, 86, Humor & Entertainment, 10777, Law, 17, Literature & Fiction, 173514, Medical Books, 18, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 20, Parenting & Relationships, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 23, Romance, 75, Science & Math, 25, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 4736, Self-Help, 26, Sports & Outdoors, 28, Teen & Young Adult, 27, Travel, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 9781155087894

RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 102 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.… Plus…

RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 102 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: . . . was submerged by the ocean from which the deposits were made. In cases where the organic remains are of a mixed character, containing shells and other fossils, some analogous to existing marine and other species, it may be inferred that such deposits were made at the embouchures of rivers. By such inductions it has been ascertained that extensive tracts of the surface of the globe, which are now dry land and raised to elevations considerably above the level of the sea, must, at various former epochs, have been submerged in the waters of the ocean. A great part of France, including the country around Paris, Normandy, Artois, Picardy, Franche-Comte, Burgundy, the Cevennes, Dauphiny, and Provence, present examples of this. Fig. 10S. --Fossil footprints in the strata of the new red saudstona. THE CRUST OF THE EARTH; OR, FIRST NOTIONS OF GEOLOGY. CHAPTER VII. 16. Fossil foraminifera--177. Fossil infusoria--Researches of Ehrenberg. --178. Marine deposits at great heights, produced by former undulations of the land. --179. Organic deposits show that the same parts of the land have undergone a series of alternate elevations and depressions. --180. Example of the Portland beds. --181. Fossil footsteps. --182. Such traces common in the new red sandstone, at Hesseburg, and near Liverpool. --183. Footprints of birds. --184. Fossil rain-drops and ripple-marks. --185. Conclusion. 176. Besides the larger class of fossil shells, there are numerous infinitely more minute ones, which have largely contributed to the formation of the actual crust of the globe, the principal of which are the Foraminifera and Infusoria. The Foraminifera are marine animals of low organisation, and generally of such extreme minuteness, that an ounce of sea-sand will contain three or. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com<