| Sir Charles Lyell - 1832 - 358 דפים
...of organic remains in alluvium, and the ruins caused by landslips. We restrict the term alluvium to such transported matter as has been thrown down, whether...permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. The alluvium of the bed of a river does not often contain any animal or vegetable remains, for the... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1833 - 570 דפים
...Earth, sand, gravel, stones, and other transported matter which has been washed away and thrown down by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not...permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Etym., Alluo, to wash upon. For a further explanation of the term, as used in this work, see vol. ii.... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1834 - 440 דפים
...according to the division before proposed, is the imbedding of organic bodies in alluvium, by which I mean such transported matter as has been thrown down, whether...permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas,>^-I say permanently submerged, in order to distinguish between alluviums and regular subaqueous... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1834 - 420 דפים
...Earth, sand, gravel, stones, and other transported matter which has been washed away and thrown down by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not...permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Etym., alluo, to wash upon. For a further explanation of the term, as used in this work, see Vol. II.... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 420 דפים
...Earth, sand, gravel, stones, and other transported matter which has been washed away and thrown down by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not...permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Etym., alluo, to wash upon. For a further explanation of the term, as used in this work, see Vol. II.... | |
| sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1835 - 500 דפים
...proposed, is the imbedding of organic bodies in alluvium, by which I mean such transported matter as lias been thrown down, whether by rivers, floods, or other...distinguish between alluviums and regular subaqueous deposits. These regular strata are accumulated in lakes or great submarine receptacles; hut the alluviums... | |
| Virginia Geological Survey - 1836 - 552 דפים
...Earth, sand, gravel, stones, and other transported matter which has been washed away and thrown down by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not...permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Etym., alluo, to wash upon. •Amorphous. Bodies devoid of regular form. Etym., a, a, without, and... | |
| Geological Survey of Pennsylvania - 1836 - 686 דפים
...Earth, sand, gravel, stones, and other transported matter, which has been washed away and thrown down by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not...permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes- or seas. Etym. alluo, to wash upon. Anticlinal Axis. — If a range of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata,... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 468 דפים
...according to the division before proposed, is the imbedding of organic bodies in alluvium, by which I mean such transported matter as has been thrown down, whether...distinguish between alluviums and regular subaqueous deposits. These regular strata are accumulated in lakes or great submarine receptacles ; but the alluviums... | |
| geologocal survey of pennsylvania - 1838 - 446 דפים
...Earth, sand, gravel, stones, and other transported matter which has been washed away and thrown down by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not...permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Eiym. alluo, to wash upon. Anticlinal Axis. If a ranga of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata,... | |
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