 exposed to air in times of drought,” and ‘ ‘ similar to the basin deposits of the western United States laid down in the Tertiary period between the growing ranges of the Cordillera. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ The Great Valley of California may therefore in...  The American Journal of Science - Page 1681919Full view - About this book
 | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) - 1915 - 794 pages
...lay between them and especially on the west between the Sierra Cascade chains and the Coast Ranges. The Great Valley of California may therefore in the present epoch, both in physiography and in climate be cited as a striking illustration of the nature of the Old Red Sandstone... | |
 | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) - 1916 - 816 pages
...lay between them and especially on the west between the Sierra Cascade chains and the Coast Ranges. The Great Valley of California may therefore in the present epoch, both in physiography and in climate be cited as a striking illustration of the nature of the Old Red Sandstone... | |
 | Geological Society of America - 1916 - 838 pages
...This is a kind of sedimentation not now foumi in the British Isles. For a close analogy one may turn to the basin deposits of the western United States laid down in the Tertiary perioc between the growing ranges of the Cordillera. This reinterpretation o the Old Red Sandstone... | |
 | Geological Society of America - 1923 - 824 pages
...This is a kind of sedimentation not now found in the British I-lcs. Fur a close analogy one may turn to the basin deposits of the western United States...period between the growing ranges of the Cordillera. This ^interpretation of the Old Red Sandstone of the British Isles is in line with that which has gone... | |
 | Joseph Barrell - 1919 - 620 pages
...This is a kind of sedimentation not now found in the British Isles. For a close analogy one may turn to the basin deposits of the western United States...period between the growing ranges of the Cordillera. This reinterpretation of the Old Red Sandstone of the British Isles is in line with that which has... | |
 | Joseph Barrell - 1927 - 112 pages
...or estuaries, nor are they of desert origin." They are "river deposits accumulated in intermontane basins," "exposed to air in times of drought," and...the basin deposits of the western United States laid clown in the Tertiary period between the growing ranges of the Cordillera." There was "an alternation... | |
 | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) - 1912 - 834 pages
...or estuaries, nor are they of desert origin." They are "river deposits accumulated in intermontane basins," "exposed to air in times of drought," and...period between the growing ranges of the Cordillera." There was "an alternation of seasons of rainfall and drought—a climate with an arid season, but not... | |
 | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) - 1916 - 812 pages
...lay between them and especially on the west between the Sierra Cascade chains and the Coast Ranges. The Great Valley of California may therefore in the present epoch, both in physiography and in climate be cited as a striking illustration of the nature of the Old Red Sandstone... | |
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