Chemical and Physical Studies in the Metamorphism of Rocks: Based on a Thesis (with Appendices) Written for the Doctorate in Science in the University of London |
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... appear very profound to those who know a little less than he does . Those on the other hand to whom it has been given to experience the regenerating influence of Nature upon the human intellect , will acquit me of all suspicion of cant ...
... appear very profound to those who know a little less than he does . Those on the other hand to whom it has been given to experience the regenerating influence of Nature upon the human intellect , will acquit me of all suspicion of cant ...
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... appear , strong support to the view lately propounded by Prof. Bonney § as a result of field observation and microscopic work , " that the crystalline schists ( as he has limited the meaning of the term ) and gneisses were formed in ...
... appear , strong support to the view lately propounded by Prof. Bonney § as a result of field observation and microscopic work , " that the crystalline schists ( as he has limited the meaning of the term ) and gneisses were formed in ...
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... appears in such quantities in the archæan gneisses and schists . These carbonates of the alkalies in solution , when brought into contact with haloid salts of the alkaline earths and the heavy metals , would fur- ther contribute to the ...
... appears in such quantities in the archæan gneisses and schists . These carbonates of the alkalies in solution , when brought into contact with haloid salts of the alkaline earths and the heavy metals , would fur- ther contribute to the ...
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... appears to me to have reached its maximum in later archæan and earlier palaeozoic times , the grauwacke of the ... appear to have found favour in some quarters in this country ; but the two serious objections to their use in this sense ...
... appears to me to have reached its maximum in later archæan and earlier palaeozoic times , the grauwacke of the ... appear to have found favour in some quarters in this country ; but the two serious objections to their use in this sense ...
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... appear to lie altogether outside the mental horizon of the distinguished author of that work . It is entirely to miss the point to talk of these rocks having been formed " during a period of the earth's history when the ocean had a ...
... appear to lie altogether outside the mental horizon of the distinguished author of that work . It is entirely to miss the point to talk of these rocks having been formed " during a period of the earth's history when the ocean had a ...
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acid action alkaline allotropic Alps alteration amorphous appears archæan rocks atmosphere augite Bonney calcite Cambrian character chemical clastic cleavage considerable constituents contact-metamorphism conversion cooling Credner Crown 8vo crust crystalline form crystalline schists crystallization decomposition deposition developement devitrification dissociation dolerite dolomite Earth Edition Essays fact felspar foliation formation fracture furnish garnet Geol Geological geologists glass gneiss granite graphite Heim high temperature hornblende Huronian igneous Illustrations instances intrusive mass Kalkowsky latent heat later limestones lithosphere magma materials metals metamorphism metataxic change metatropic change mica microscope minerals molecular nature Note observed occur olivine original orthoclase oxide paleozoic paramorphic paramorphic change phenomena phyllites physical Plates portions present pressure probably produced Prof quartz quartzites reactions regional metamorphism result rock-mass sandstones schistosity schists secondary paramorphism sedimentary seen serpentine shales silicates Silurian SiO2 slates solution stage steam strata structure sulphur surface theory tidal undergo vitreous vitrification Woodcuts zoisite zone
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