Geological Stories: a Series of Autobiographies in Chronological Order
Geological Stories: a Series of Autobiographies in Chronological Order
John Ellor Taylor
The book Geological Stories: a Series of Autobiographies in Chronological Order was written by author John Ellor Taylor Here you can read free online of Geological Stories: a Series of Autobiographies in Chronological Order book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Geological Stories: a Series of Autobiographies in Chronological Order a good or bad book?
What reading level is Geological Stories: a Series of Autobiographies in Chronological Order book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Jfya arenaria, in living position. Common Recent Siieltjs of the Norwich Crag. It is interesting to note, as you analyze the shells of the crags we have mentioned, how the percent- ages of recent or living shells to those which are extinct bear out their relative ages. Thus you Digitized by CjOOQ IC THE 8T0BY OF THE "CBAGS. 233 find less than ten per cent, of extinct shells in the Upper Crag just named. In the Norwich beds there are eighteen per cent., in the Bed Crag twenty-five, and in the Co...ralline Crag thirty-one. How long it is since the Norwich Crag was formed, yon may gather by the fact that some of its repre- sentative shells are now living only in certain parts of the Pacific ! Fig. 155. Fig. 156. Purpura lapiilus. White Whelk {Buccinum undatum). Common Recent Shells of the Norwich Crao. Along those parts of the Norfolk and Sufiblk coasts most dreaded by our gallant seamen, where the storms of the German Ocean expend their great- est fury, and where the solid land is consequently being gradually washed away, you may see one of the most interesting geological phenomena in Great Britain; Cropping out from beneath the steep clifis Digitized by CjOOQ IC 284 at Cromer^ Mxindesley^ Happbbiirg^y and South Wold, and extending along and forming ihe Tery floor of the existing German Ooean, ia an old Forest* bed.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: