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... forests Embanked land is denuded Northern drift , ancient sea shores Origin of the Druid sandstone The Brighton ' Elephant bed ' . 122 124 126 • . 127 129 CHAPTER IX . SEDGWICK'S DOCTRINE THAT DENUDATION IS ONLY ON LINES . Aqueous ...
... forests Embanked land is denuded Northern drift , ancient sea shores Origin of the Druid sandstone The Brighton ' Elephant bed ' . 122 124 126 • . 127 129 CHAPTER IX . SEDGWICK'S DOCTRINE THAT DENUDATION IS ONLY ON LINES . Aqueous ...
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... forest , or pastured on the plain , and were occasionally overtaken by a fall of burning cinders , or buried in flows of mud , such as accompany volcanic eruptions . Lastly , these quadrupeds became extinct , and gave place to the ...
... forest , or pastured on the plain , and were occasionally overtaken by a fall of burning cinders , or buried in flows of mud , such as accompany volcanic eruptions . Lastly , these quadrupeds became extinct , and gave place to the ...
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... Forest Range ' is marked in the map ; so that it formed there what is called an anticlinal line or axis ; that is , the beds or strata were raised highest along the ridge , and inclined or dipped , like a barn roof , both ways , to the ...
... Forest Range ' is marked in the map ; so that it formed there what is called an anticlinal line or axis ; that is , the beds or strata were raised highest along the ridge , and inclined or dipped , like a barn roof , both ways , to the ...
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... Forest E. Grinstead Tunbridge Wells Cranbrook • Tenterden Petersfield Rother Petworth Greenhurst Cuckfield o Barcombe Offham O S Steyning I Bramber N Chichester Shoreham Hayant S H A N T R. Arun Worthing 1 Lewes Brighton Newhaven ...
... Forest E. Grinstead Tunbridge Wells Cranbrook • Tenterden Petersfield Rother Petworth Greenhurst Cuckfield o Barcombe Offham O S Steyning I Bramber N Chichester Shoreham Hayant S H A N T R. Arun Worthing 1 Lewes Brighton Newhaven ...
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George Greenwood. " MR . MARTIN'S IDEA OF THE WEALD VALLEY . Chall τα Forest Ridge Anticlinal Line Forest Ridge Anticlinal Line Chalk Dover Cranbrook Crowborough 804 Tenterden ythe Folkestone pne Sluice Canal 40 [ CH . III . DENUDATION ...
George Greenwood. " MR . MARTIN'S IDEA OF THE WEALD VALLEY . Chall τα Forest Ridge Anticlinal Line Forest Ridge Anticlinal Line Chalk Dover Cranbrook Crowborough 804 Tenterden ythe Folkestone pne Sluice Canal 40 [ CH . III . DENUDATION ...
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