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... SPLIT OR FRACTURED BOULDERS , 146 154 CONGLOMERATES AND BRECCIAS , 159 MAPPING OF SUPERFICIAL ACCUMULATIONS , 167 IN THE FIELD , 174 SCOTTISH GEOLOGY - ITS PROOFS AND PROBLEMS , 185 THE NATURAL SCIENCES - THEIR PLACE IN EDUCATION , 203.
... SPLIT OR FRACTURED BOULDERS , 146 154 CONGLOMERATES AND BRECCIAS , 159 MAPPING OF SUPERFICIAL ACCUMULATIONS , 167 IN THE FIELD , 174 SCOTTISH GEOLOGY - ITS PROOFS AND PROBLEMS , 185 THE NATURAL SCIENCES - THEIR PLACE IN EDUCATION , 203.
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... accumulations , bear obvious evidence of the manner in which they have been aggregated , and of the conditions under which their imbedded plants and animals lived - and the sandstones , shales , ironstones , coals , and limestones of ...
... accumulations , bear obvious evidence of the manner in which they have been aggregated , and of the conditions under which their imbedded plants and animals lived - and the sandstones , shales , ironstones , coals , and limestones of ...
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... accumulations of France and Belgium , and re- mains of mammoth and tichorrhine rhinoceros in those of France and Britain . The presence of the reindeer and musk - ox bespeaks an arctic climate ; and that of the mam- moth , from all we ...
... accumulations of France and Belgium , and re- mains of mammoth and tichorrhine rhinoceros in those of France and Britain . The presence of the reindeer and musk - ox bespeaks an arctic climate ; and that of the mam- moth , from all we ...
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... Accumulations . Another point materially affecting the present position of our science , and one which calls for immediate remedy , is the very unsatisfactory ar- rangement of the post - tertiary , quaternary , or superficial accumulations ...
... Accumulations . Another point materially affecting the present position of our science , and one which calls for immediate remedy , is the very unsatisfactory ar- rangement of the post - tertiary , quaternary , or superficial accumulations ...
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... accumulations containing works of human art and civili- sation , and this brings us to the dawn of history . In this ... accumulations . Altogether the arrangement , or rather non - arrangement , of our quaternary accumulations is a re ...
... accumulations containing works of human art and civili- sation , and this brings us to the dawn of history . In this ... accumulations . Altogether the arrangement , or rather non - arrangement , of our quaternary accumulations is a re ...
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