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" Barrier, along whose coast the soundings examined were invariably charged with diatomaceous remains, constituting a bank which stretches 200 miles north from the base of Victoria Barrier, while the average depth of water above it is 300 fathoms, or 1,800... "
The Treasury of Botany: A-L - Page 399
by John Lindley, Thomas Moore - 1874
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The American Journal of Science and Arts

1849 - 1118 pages
...charged with Diatomaceous remains, constituting a bank which stretches 200 miles north from the base of Victoria Barrier, while the average depth of water above it is 300 fathoms, or 1800 feet. " Again, some of the antarctic species have been detected floating in the atmosphere which overhangs...
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The Geological Observer

Henry Thomas De La Beche - Geology - 1851 - 718 pages
...charged with diatomaceous remains, constituting a bank which stretches 200 miles north from the base of Victoria Barrier, while the average depth of water above it is 300 fathoms, or 1,800 feet." * As respects sand intermingled with ice and carried away, Captain Wilkes mentions ("...
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Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany

Miles Joseph Berkeley - Cryptogams - 1857 - 648 pages
...were invariably charged with Diatomaceous remains, constituting a bank which stretches two hundred miles north from the base of the Victoria barrier, while the average depth of water above it is three hundred fathoms, or one thousand eight hundred feet"* 100. But not only are species found in...
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The Treasury of Botany ...

John Lindley - 1866 - 652 pages
...future period a bed of rock extending in one continuous stratum for 400 measured miles. I allude to the shores of the Victoria barrier, along whose coasts...inert, and can serve merely to increase the bulk of the food, a circumstance of some importance where it is scarce.» The walls of the frustules are so thin,...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 25

Literature - 1875 - 1012 pages
...charged witli diatomaceous remains, constituting a bank which stretches 200 miles north from the base of Victoria Barrier, while the average depth of water above it is 300 fathoms, or 1,800 feet. Again, some of the Antarctic species have been detected floating in the atmosphere which...
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Plant-life: Popular Papers on the Phenomena of Botany

Edward Step - Botany - 1881 - 270 pages
...examined were invariably charged with diatomaceous remains, constituting a bank which stretches 2OO miles north from the base of the Victoria Barrier,...fathoms, or 1800 feet. Vast quantities, again, occur in beds under the guise of a white powder, which is called mountain meal, and is actually mixed with flour...
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Plant-life: Popular Papers on the Phenomena of Botany

Edward Step - Botany - 1881 - 284 pages
...examined were invariably charged with diatomaceous remains, constituting a bank which stretches 2OO miles north from the base of the Victoria Barrier, while the average depth of water above it is 30x3 fathoms, or 1800 feet. Vast quantities, again, occur in beds under the guise of a white powder,...
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Romance of Low Life Amongst Plants: Facts and Phenomena of Cryptogamic ...

Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - Cryptogams - 1893 - 348 pages
...were invariably charged with Diatomaceous remains, constituting a bank which stretches two hundred miles north from the base of the Victoria barrier, while the average depth of water above it is three hundred fathoms, or one thousand eight hundred feet." a They abound also amongst the pancake...
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Discourses Biological and Geological: Essays

Thomas Henry Huxley - Biology - 1894 - 428 pages
...charged with diatomaceous remains, constituting a bank which stretches 200 miles north from the base of Victoria Barrier, while the average depth of water above it is 300 fathoms, or 1,800 feet. Again, some of the Antarctic species have been detected floating in the atmosphere which...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 21; Volume 84

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1875 - 824 pages
...charged with diatomaceous remains, constituting a bank which stretches 200 miles north from the base of Victoria Barrier, while the average depth of water above it is 300 fathoms, or 1800 feet. Again, some of the Antarctic species have been detected floating in the atmosphere which overhangs...
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