 | Edward Hull - Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan) - 1886 - 176 pages
...limestones, it is clear that the basaltic eruptions are of later date than the depressions themselves ; and we shall probably not be in error if we assume that the earlier manifestations of volcanic action began * 'Quarterly Statement Palestine Exploration Fund,' July, 1874, p. 186. t Tyrwhitt... | |
 | Edward Hull - Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan) - 1886 - 196 pages
...limestones, it is clear that the basaltic eruptions are of later date than the depressions themselves ; and we shall probably not be in error if we assume that the earlier manifestations of volcanic action began * 'Quarterly Statement Palestine Exploration Fund,' July, 1874, p. 186. t Tyrwhitt... | |
 | Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club - Cotswold Hills (England) - 1892 - 412 pages
...limestones, it is clear that the basaltic eruptions are of later date than the depressions themselves, and we shall probably not be in error if we assume that the earlier manifestations of volcanic action began during the epoch of the Pliocene. I have already referred to the evidence from... | |
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... at least, to a certain extent, than the Miocene. Recollecting the manner in which, both in Moab and the Jaulan, the basalt streams flow along depressions hollowed out of Cretaceous and Eocene limestones, it is clear that the basaltic eruptions are... 