A Handy-book of Rock Names, with Brief Descriptions of the Rocks |
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... drift . ( See Class II . , Subgroup B , Var . c . ) Class II . - SUBAERIAL ROCKS . Group D. - MECHANICALLY , CHEMICALLY , OR ORGANICALLY FORMED . Subgroup A. Coal . Var . a . Peat . Subvar . a . White turf . b . Brown turf . c . Black ...
... drift . ( See Class II . , Subgroup B , Var . c . ) Class II . - SUBAERIAL ROCKS . Group D. - MECHANICALLY , CHEMICALLY , OR ORGANICALLY FORMED . Subgroup A. Coal . Var . a . Peat . Subvar . a . White turf . b . Brown turf . c . Black ...
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... drift . Subvar . a . Calcareous . b . Argillous . c . Arenaceous . b . Moraine drift . Subvar . a . Calcareous . b . Argillous . c . Arenaceous . d . Rocky . c . Sand , gravel , and shingle . Subvar . a . Esker drift . b . Post - drift ...
... drift . Subvar . a . Calcareous . b . Argillous . c . Arenaceous . b . Moraine drift . Subvar . a . Calcareous . b . Argillous . c . Arenaceous . d . Rocky . c . Sand , gravel , and shingle . Subvar . a . Esker drift . b . Post - drift ...
Page 95
... lying on , and separating it from , the overlying drift . b . CONGLOMERATE [ Lat . con , together , and glome- rare , to gather ] .- A fine or coarse matrix containing numerous round or roundish blocks , pebbles , or DERIVATE ROCKS . 95.
... lying on , and separating it from , the overlying drift . b . CONGLOMERATE [ Lat . con , together , and glome- rare , to gather ] .- A fine or coarse matrix containing numerous round or roundish blocks , pebbles , or DERIVATE ROCKS . 95.
Page 104
... drift . In them he records a perfect cleavage , which he suggests is due to the extreme tropical heat . Subvarieties of slate are― ( a . ) Roofing slate , a pure or nearly pure slate , having smooth and perfect cleavage , allowing the ...
... drift . In them he records a perfect cleavage , which he suggests is due to the extreme tropical heat . Subvarieties of slate are― ( a . ) Roofing slate , a pure or nearly pure slate , having smooth and perfect cleavage , allowing the ...
Page 124
... drift and other surface deposits . Eolian drift may be blown over it ; on a sunken coast - line it often is found under Marine drift ; while in some places it has been found under Boulder - clay drift . - 66 NOTE . Cotta mentions peat ...
... drift and other surface deposits . Eolian drift may be blown over it ; on a sunken coast - line it often is found under Marine drift ; while in some places it has been found under Boulder - clay drift . - 66 NOTE . Cotta mentions peat ...
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A Handy Book of Rock Names: With Brief Descriptions of the Rocks (1873) G. Henry Kinahan No preview available - 2008 |
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aggregate of quartz amphibole Amygdaloidal appear Arenaceous Argillous Augyte basic beds Bituminous Breccia Calcareous called Carbonaceous Chloritic classed clay coal colour compact Concretionary conglomerate Conglomeritic constituents containing Cotta crystalline crystals Cupriferous deposited Derivate rocks Diabase Dioryte Dolomitic drift dykes earth elvanyte Euryte felsitic felspar felspathic felstone Ferruginous Fibrous fissile foliation formed gneiss Gneissoid gneissyte granite granitoid granityte granular grit Group Hematitic Hornblendic igneous rocks ingenite rocks intrusive granite Ireland Jukes labradorite lamination latter layers less Lignyte limestone marcasite marl mass matrix metamorphic metamorphosed mica Micaceous minerals Nodular occur oligoclase oligoclase granite Ophyte orthoclase passage-rock Plutonic rocks Porphyritic Protogene pyrite pyroxene quartz Quartzose quartzyte reddish Ribaned ripidolite sand sandstone schist schistose sedimentary rocks shale siliceous slate slaty sometimes Spheroidal Steatyte Structural Varieties Subgroup Subvar Subvarieties surface Syenyte talc Talcose texture Trachyte tuff Tuffose turf usually Varieties in Composition veins of segregation Vesicular Volcanic weather Whinstone