Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 197
les, he calls Silurian, from thename of the ancient inhabitants, is in many respects excellent.The terms employed by Mr. Lyell, before mentioned, as divisionsof the Tertiary formation, viz: Pliocene, Miocene, and Eocene,according to the percentage of recent shells, being founded upona more natural… … CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF STRATA. 195 EXPLANATION. Ideal section of the crust of the earth, showing the chronologi-cal arrangement of the strata. M—Mantell. B—Buckland.- L—Lyell. 1. Alluvial or modern deposits. 2. Tertiary formations. 3. Cretaceous system,compris-ing the chalk, with &…
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