... besides being covered by a newer unstratified drift. To explain these changes I should infer considerable oscillations in the level of the land in that part of France, — slow movements of upheaval and subsidence, deranging but not wholly displacing... The Photographic News - Page 27edited by - 1860Full view - About this book
| 1867 - 448 pages
...unstratified drift. To explain these changes I should infer considerable oscillations in the level of the land in that part of France, — slow movements of upheaval...disappearance of the Elephant, Rhinoceros, and other genera of quadrupeds now foreign to Europe, implies, in like manner, a vast lapse of ages, separating... | |
| 1867 - 460 pages
...oscillations in the level of the land in that part of Franee, — slow movements of upheaval and subsidenee, deranging but not wholly displacing the course of the ancient rivers. Lastly, the disappearanee of the Elephant, Rhinoeeros, and other genera of quadrupeds now foreign to Europe, implies,... | |
| Charles Loring Brace - 1869 - 462 pages
...drift. To explain these changes, I should infer considerable oscillations in the level of the land in that part of France, slow movements of upheaval...deranging, but not wholly displacing the course of ancient rivers. The President of the British Association, in his opening speech at the meeting of 1860,... | |
| 1860 - 448 pages
...unstratified drift. To explain these changes I should infer considerable oscillations in the level of the land in that part of France, — slow movements of upheaval...disappearance of the Elephant, Rhinoceros, and other genera of quadrupeds now foreign to Europe, implies, in like manner, a vast lapse of ages, separating... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1863 - 466 pages
...Amiens : " To explain these changes, I should infer considerable oscillations in the level of the land in that part of France ; slow movements of upheaval...but not wholly displacing, the course of the ancient river. Lastly, the disappearance of the elephant, rhinoeerus, and other genera of quadrupeds now foreign... | |
| Richard Owen - 2003 - 472 pages
...drift. To explain these changes, I should infer considerable oscillations in the level of the land in that part of France ; slow movements of upheaval...deranging but not wholly displacing the course of ancient rivers. Lastly, the disappearance of the elephant, rhinoceros, and other genera of quadrupeds,... | |
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