 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1851 - 602 דפים
...of which they enable us therefore to assign a comparatively modern date. The nummulitic formation, with its characteristic fossils, plays 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... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1852 - 570 דפים
...of which they enable us therefore to assign a comparatively modern date. The nummulitic formation, with its characteristic fossils, plays 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... | |
 | 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 conspicuous part than any other tertiary group in the solid framework of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa, it... | |
 | Joseph Reay Greene - 1863 - 132 דפים
...some of these strata prevail has been thus indicated by Sir Charles Lyell. " The Nummulitic formation, with its characteristic fossils, plays 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... | |
 | 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 conspicuous part than any other Tertiary group in the solid framework of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa. Tt... | |
 | Charles Piazzi Smyth - 1867 - 638 דפים
...Charles Lyell's Manual of Elementary Geology, fourth edition, page 206 : — ' The nummulitic formation, with its characteristic fossils, plays 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. '... | |
 | 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 conspicuous part than any other tertiary group in the solid framework of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa.,. It... | |
 | Henry Alleyne Nicholson - 1879 - 540 דפים
...few " Nummulites " have also been detected in strata of Jurassic and Cretaceous age, but the maximum development of the genus is recorded in the early...fossils, plays 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... | |
 | G B. Kitson - 1882 - 128 דפים
...but for the present argument we are entitled to class it with the former. The nummulitic formation, with its characteristic fossils, plays a far more conspicuous part than any other tertiary group in the solid frame of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa. It often... | |
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According to Sir Charles Lyell, " the Nummulitic Limestone, with its characteristic fossils, plays 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 often attains... 