The Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Scien: Principles of geology, by Angelo Heilprin |
Common terms and phrases
accumulation action Alps amount ancient animals appear assumed atoll basin beds birds Brachiopods Cañon carbonate Carboniferous caves character coal coast condition cone continuous coral crater Cretaceous crust deposits depth determined Devonian direction distinct earth's surface earthquake elevation Eocene eruption evidence existence extent fact fauna feet Figure 1 pl fissures folding formation forms frequently geological geological periods geologists Geyser glacial glacier Globigerina ooze gneisses gradual granite greater number height hundred ice-sheet indicated interior islands Jurassic known lakes land largely lava less lime limestone lower mass material Mauna Loa miles mineral Miocene moraine mountain nature nearly névé oceanic organic origin period PLATE Pliocene portion position present probably quantity reefs region represented reptiles result rise river rock-masses rocks sandstone schists sediment silica Silurian slope species square miles strata streams structure subsidence summit temperature Tertiary thickness tion Triassic true types valleys vast vertical volcanic