 It has observed a regular succession as to the nature of its deposits: the more ancient the strata are, so much the more uniform and extensive are they; and the more recent they are, the more limited are they, and the more variation is observed in them...  Mémoires d'un homme enfermé comme aliéné - Page 117by Guillaume Monod - 1838 - 229 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 452 pages
...substances of the same kind. It has observed a regular succession as to the nature of its deposits: the more ancient the strata are, so much the more...variation is observed in them at small distances. Thus the great catastrophes which have produced revolutions in the basin of the sea were preceded,... | |
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