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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... included under the term 66 metamorphism in its more restricted sense , it is to be feared that many " theories which have been put forward from time to time are simply suspended in the air ; instead of hanging on to a series of rigid ...
... included under the term 66 metamorphism in its more restricted sense , it is to be feared that many " theories which have been put forward from time to time are simply suspended in the air ; instead of hanging on to a series of rigid ...
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... changes as could not be included under the two terms * Brit . Assc . Report , Southampton Meeting ( 1882 ) , p . 536 , " Metatropy " and " Paramorphism . " Further consideration 4 ROCK - METAMORPHISM . Divisions of the Subject.
... changes as could not be included under the two terms * Brit . Assc . Report , Southampton Meeting ( 1882 ) , p . 536 , " Metatropy " and " Paramorphism . " Further consideration 4 ROCK - METAMORPHISM . Divisions of the Subject.
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... included in the quartz during the original cooling of the granite . In this sense we may perhaps understand that distinguished observer's conclusion that it was " a genuine constituent of the rock when melted . " The precipitation of Ca ...
... included in the quartz during the original cooling of the granite . In this sense we may perhaps understand that distinguished observer's conclusion that it was " a genuine constituent of the rock when melted . " The precipitation of Ca ...
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... included in the one group of dolerites . In subsequent papers , ( 1 ) ' On the Ancient devitrified Pitchstones and Perlites from the Lower Silurian District of Shropshire ' ( Q.J.G.S. , vol . xxxiii ) in which he compared the changes ...
... included in the one group of dolerites . In subsequent papers , ( 1 ) ' On the Ancient devitrified Pitchstones and Perlites from the Lower Silurian District of Shropshire ' ( Q.J.G.S. , vol . xxxiii ) in which he compared the changes ...
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... included ( in the nomenclature of this work ) under the heads of ( a ) metataxic , ( b ) hyperphoric change , the latter being determined mainly by two circumstances in the environment of the rocks , ( i ) the nature of the adja- cent ...
... included ( in the nomenclature of this work ) under the heads of ( a ) metataxic , ( b ) hyperphoric change , the latter being determined mainly by two circumstances in the environment of the rocks , ( i ) the nature of the adja- cent ...
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