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accumulations ACROGENS ages America ancient antiquity areas arrangement aspects Atlas beds bituminous calcareous Cambrian Carboniferous Chalk changes chemical chiefly clays climate coal coal-fields course Cretaceous crustacea crystalline debris deposits distribution of sea drifted dry land earth's crust estuaries Europe existing extinct feet fishes formations forms fossils genera GEOGRAPHY geologists geology glacial epoch glacier globe gradually gravel heat higher igneous imbedded incessant ironstones islands Keith Johnston lakes latitudes Laurentian lava less lignites limestones lower mammals maps masses matter MESOZOIC metallic metamorphism mineral nature newer northern numerous occur ocean Old Red Sandstone older Oolite operations organisms PALEOZOIC partly peat-mosses period physical plants and animals portion present recent regions reptiles rivers rock-matter rocks rocky sand schists sea and land secondary sediments shales shell-fish silts Silurian Sketch species stage stone strata stratified surface terrestrial tertiary thickness tion Triassic variety vast vegetable veins vital volcano vulcanic zoophytes
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