Geological Magazine, Volume 3; Volume 33Henry Woodward Cambridge University Press, 1896 - Geology |
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Ammonites appear argillaceous augite beds Bonney Boulder-clay boulders Brachiopoda Carboniferous chalk Chalky Clay character Cheirurus chert chloritic cliffs colour conglomerates contain Crag Cretaceous D'Orb denudation deposits described Devonian district England Eocene evidence fact fault fauna feet felspar foraminifera formation fossils fragments Geikie genus Geol GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE Geological Society Geological Survey geologists Glacial glacier granite gravel Greensand Highlands Hill horizon III.-NO Islands IV.-VOL Jurassic Keuper lake latter limestone Lower marine Marl mass matrix mica micaceous miles mineral observed occur Old Red Sandstone Oolite origin Palæozoic paper phyllite plates pleuræ portion present probably Prof Professor pygidium quartz quartzite referred rocks sand schists Scotland seen shales shells Silurian slates Southwold species specimens spherulite stones strata structure surface tegmina Tertiary thickness Triassic unconformity Upper valley vertebræ volcanic Whitehaven Woodward zone
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