Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation, Volym 1J. Murray, 1830 - 511 sidor |
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... Etna - Monti Rossi thrown up in 1669 - Great fissure of S. Lio - Towns overflowed by lava - Part of Catania destroyed - Mode of the advance of a current of lava PAGE -Excavation of a church under lava - Series of X CONTENTS .
... Etna - Monti Rossi thrown up in 1669 - Great fissure of S. Lio - Towns overflowed by lava - Part of Catania destroyed - Mode of the advance of a current of lava PAGE -Excavation of a church under lava - Series of X CONTENTS .
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... fissures — Cause of this phenomenon - Large edifices engulphed — Dimensions of new caverns and fissures — Gradual closing in of rents - Bounding of detached masses into the air - Landslips - Buildings transported entire , to great ...
... fissures — Cause of this phenomenon - Large edifices engulphed — Dimensions of new caverns and fissures — Gradual closing in of rents - Bounding of detached masses into the air - Landslips - Buildings transported entire , to great ...
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... fissure near Polistena in Calabria caused by the earthquake of 1783 417 20. Shift or fault in the round tower of ... Fissures near Jerocarne in Calabria , caused by the earthquake of 1783 23. Chasm formed by the earthquake near ...
... fissure near Polistena in Calabria caused by the earthquake of 1783 417 20. Shift or fault in the round tower of ... Fissures near Jerocarne in Calabria , caused by the earthquake of 1783 23. Chasm formed by the earthquake near ...
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... fissures . The sea gradually acquired its saltness from volcanic exhala- tions , and , while it became more circumscribed in area , increased in depth . Sand and ashes ejected by volcanoes were regularly disposed along the bottom of the ...
... fissures . The sea gradually acquired its saltness from volcanic exhala- tions , and , while it became more circumscribed in area , increased in depth . Sand and ashes ejected by volcanoes were regularly disposed along the bottom of the ...
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... fissures wherein steam might be generated . In order to point out the application of his theory to the structure of the globe , he was led to describe the arrangement and disturbance of the strata , their usual horizontality in low ...
... fissures wherein steam might be generated . In order to point out the application of his theory to the structure of the globe , he was led to describe the arrangement and disturbance of the strata , their usual horizontality in low ...
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