 | 1888 - 596 דפים
...Fustilinn : and the Nnmrtinhtes, which in Tertiary times played so conspicuous a part in building up the solid framework of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa. The great Nummulitie Limestone often attains many thousands of feet in thickness, and extends from... | |
 | John Thomas Quekett - 1854 - 514 דפים
...resemblance in form to pieces of money, or Nummi. According to Sir Charles Lyell,* the nummulitic formation, with its characteristic fossils, plays a far more...whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa, it often attains a * Manual of Elementary Geology, 3rd Editiou, p. 234 . thickness of many thousand feet, and extends... | |
 | David Page - 1865 - 520 דפים
...number and variety of nummulites with which it is charged. " The nummulitic formation," says Lyell, "with its characteristic fossils, plays a far more...earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa. Tt often attains a thickness of many thousand feet, aud extends from the Alps to the Carpathians, and... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1871 - 726 דפים
...attains here and in other mountain chains a thickness of several thousand feet. It may be said to play a far more conspicuous part than any other tertiary...earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa. It occurs in Algeria and Morocco, and has been traced from Egypt, where it was largely quarried of old... | |
 | William Denton - 1872 - 348 דפים
...determining the age of many beds in which they are contained. " The nummulitic formation," says Lyell, " with its characteristic fossils, plays a far more...It often attains a thickness of many thousand feet, arid extends from the Alps to the Carpathians, and is in full force in the north of Africa; as, for... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1874 - 708 דפים
...attains here and in other mountain-chains a thickness of several thousand feet. It may be said to play a far more conspicuous part than any other tertiary...group in the solid framework of the earth's crust, H. xvi.] OF EUEOPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA. whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa. It occurs in Algeria and... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1876 - 442 דפים
...group. The nnmmulites are so greatly denuded as not to show it distinctly. The Nummviitic Formation plays a far more conspicuous part than any other tertiary group in the building up of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa.* It sometimes attains a thickness... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1876 - 432 דפים
...group. The nummulites are so greatly denuded as not to show it distinctly. The Nummulitic Formation plays a far more conspicuous part than any other tertiary group in the building up of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa.* It sometimes attains a thickness... | |
 | Henry Alleyne Nicholson - 1877 - 448 דפים
...attains here and in other mountain-chains a thickness of several thousand feet. It may be said to play a far more conspicuous part than any other Tertiary...earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa. It occurs in Algeria and Morocco, and has been traced from Egypt, where it was largely quarried of old... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1880 - 372 דפים
...nummulites, though some strata are almost entirely nummulitic. "The nummulitic formation," says Lyell, " with its characteristic fossils, plays a far more...conspicuous part than any other tertiary group in the solid frame- work of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asin or Africa. It often attains a thickness of... | |
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... a thickness of several thousand feet. It may be said to play a far more conspicuous part than any other Tertiary group in the solid framework of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa. It occurs in Algeria and Morocco, and has been... 
