The Face of the Earth: The movements in the outer crust of the earth. The mountain ranges of the earthClarendon Press, 1904 - Physical geography |
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Common terms and phrases
according Adamello Akad Alps ancient appear Archaean basalt basin beds beneath Cape Carboniferous Carpathians Cenomanian coast connexion continued Cordillera Cretaceous Danube Devonian direction dislocation earthquakes east eastern Eocene eruptive existing extends fault fauna feet fissures flexures Flysch folds follows formation fossils fracture fragments fresh-water Fuchs further geol Geology gneiss granite gulf height horizontal island isolated Jahrb Journ Jurassic kilometers lake limestone lower marine deposits mass Mesozoic meters Monte mountain chains neighbourhood north-east north-west northern observed occur older Oligocene outer border Palaeozoic peninsula phyllite plain plateau porphyry present range recent region Reichsanst rises river rocks sandstone Sarmatian Schio schists Schlier second Mediterranean stage seismic sér side Sierra Silurian slopes south-east south-west southern species strata strike structure subsidence Sudetes Tertiary deposits tonalite trachyte Trias Ueber upper valley volcanos western whole Wien Wiss zone
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Page 571 - The geological province of the Great basin, therefore, is one which has suffered two different types of dynamic action: one, in which the chief factor evidently was tangential compression, which resulted in contraction and plication, presumably in post-Jurassic time ; the other, of strictly vertical action, presumably within the Tertiary, in which there are few evidences or traces of tangential compression.
Page 41 - But it was soon discovered that this was not oiled the only alteration in this memorable convulsion bund." of nature; as the inhabitants of Sindree observed, at a distance of five miles northward, a mound of earth or sand, in a place where the soil was previously low and level. It extended east and west for a considerable distance, and passed immediately across the channel of the Indus, separating as it were for ever the Phurraun river from the sea. The natives called this mound by the name of "Ullah...
Page 8 - Why, then, is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links ? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such finely-graduated organic chain ; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious and serious objection which can be urged against the theory. The explanation lies, as I believe, in the extreme imperfection of the geological record.
Page 6 - Silurian formation, recurs in parts of the earth so widely removed from one another — from Lake Ladoga to the Argentine Andes, and from Arctic America to Australia — always attended by such characteristic features, and how does it happen that particular horizons of various ages may be compared to or distinguished from other horizons over such large areas, that in fact these stratigraphical subdivisions extend over the whole globe...
Page 42 - To the eye it did not appear more elevated in one place than another, and could be traced both east and west as far as it could reach ; the natives assigned to it a total length of fifty miles. It must not, however...
Page 41 - Sinde, and on the banks of what had been once the eastern branch of the Indus. The little brick fort of 150 feet square, which had been built there for the protection of merchandise, was overwhelmed by an inundating torrent of water from the ocean, which spread on every side, and, in the course of a few hours, converted the tract, which had before been hard and dry, into an inland lake, which extended for sixteen miles on either side of Sindree.
Page 57 - ... account of Apollonius of Tyana : " In the year 62 or 65 AD Apollonius of Tyana was on the island of Crete. He was on that coast of the island which is washed by the Libyan Sea, on a promontory in the neighborhood of Phastus, and was engaged in conversation with a number of men who had come to do honor to the sanctuary on the promontory, when suddenly an earthquake took place. The roar of the thunder, says Philostratus, did not proceed from the clouds, but came from the depths of the sea, and...
Page 99 - Basin,' remarks Clarence King, has suffered two, different types of dynamic action : one in which the chief factor was evidently tangential compression, which resulted in contraction and plication, presumably in post-Jurassic time; the other of strictly vertical action, presumably within the Tertiary, in which there are few evidences or traces of tangential compression.
Page 92 - For some days after the ruin, the sea did not rise to the usual marks, by four or five feet vertically. Some thought the land had been elevated, but the common and prevailing idea was, that the sea had retired. This difference gradually diminished, till, in the middle of April, there was a difference of only two feet between the existing and former high-water marks.