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" The latter principally, and in some instances almost entirely, consist of broken greywacke, slate, and sandstone, more or less affected by heat, and pulverized. It is probably owing to the clayey nature of these fragments, when reduced to great fineness,... "
The Edinburgh Journal of Science - Page 142
1826
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 5

1826 - 434 pages
...perished with so much of other and more valuable information. The volcanic eruptions of the Lower Eifi'el have burst through the exposed surface of the transition...burst through the banks encircling the crater, or from the slow erosion of the stream by which it discharged itself. In the last case, the sides of the...
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The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts, Volume 3

1826 - 628 pages
...instances almost entirely, consist of broken greywacke, slate, and sandstone, more or less ail'ected by heat, and pulverized. It is probably owing to the...burst through the banks encircling the crater, or from the slow erosion of the stream by which it discharged itself. In the last case, the sides of the...
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 5

1826 - 418 pages
...with that of Laach and the Upper Eiffel, though the points oh which eruptions have taken place are larly along the course of the river Kyll, than at...burst through the banks encircling the crater, or ' from the slow erosion of the stream by which it discharged itself. In the Jast case, the sides of...
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Volcanoes: The Character of Their Phenomena, Their Share in the Structure ...

George Poulett Scrope - 1862 - 522 pages
...matters. The latter principally, and in some instances almost entirely, consist of broken greywacke-slate and sandstone, more or less affected by heat, and...burst through the banks encircling the crater, or from the slow erosion of the stream by which it discharged itself. In the last case, the sides of the...
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Volcanos: The Character of Their Phenomena, Their Share in the Structure and ...

George Poulett Scrope - 1862 - 518 pages
...consist of broken greywacke-slate and sandstone, more or less affected by heat, and pulverized. It ia probably owing to the clayey nature of these fragments,...burst through the banks encircling the crater, or from the slow erosion of the stream by which it discharged itself. In the last case, the sides of the...
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The Subterranean World

Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 612 pages
...volcanic region in Rhenish Prussia, where, probably owing to the clayey nature of the soil, they have become reservoirs of water, or Maare, as they are...by the natives. Most of them still have small lakes at their bottom, while others have been drained for the sake of cultivation, or by the spontaneous...
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The Subterranean World

Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 570 pages
...volcanic region in "Rhenish Prussia, where, probably owing to the clayey nature of the soil, they have become reservoirs of water, or Maare, as they are...by the natives. Most of them still have small lakes at their bottom, while others have been drained for the sake of cultivation, or by the spontaneous...
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Volcanos: The Character of Their Phenomena, Their Share in the Structure and ...

George Poulett Scrope - 1872 - 592 pages
...matters. The latter principally, and in some instances almost entirely, consist of broken greywacke-slate and sandstone, more or less affected by heat, and...burst through the banks encircling the crater, or from the slow erosion of the stream by which it discharged itself. In the last case, the sides of the...
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Volcanoes and Earthquakes: A Popular Description of the Movements in the ...

Georg Hartwig - 1887 - 166 pages
...volcanic region in Rhenish Prussia, where, probably owing to the clayey nature of the soil, they have become reservoirs of water, or Maare, as they are...by the natives. Most of them still have small lakes at their bottom, while others have been drained for the sake of cultivation, or by the spontaneous...
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