 ... still in progress ; the changes indicated are of a contrary character. The results to which we have here been led obviously differ, in many particulars, from the deductions of Mr Darwin. 2. Elevations of modern eras in the Pacific. Since the period...  Corals and Coral Islands - Page 326by James Dwight Dana - 1872 - 398 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geology - 1853 - 438 pages
...of modern eras in the Pacific. Since the period of subsidence, the history of which has occupied us in the preceding pages, there has been no equally...are so numerous and so widely scattered, that they convince us of a cessation in the previous general subsidence. The most convenient mode of reviewing... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1853 - 152 pages
...of Modern Eras in the Pacific. Since the period of subsidence, the history of which has occupied us in the preceding pages, there has been no equally...groups of islands. While the former exemplify one of (he grander events in the earth's history, in which a large segment of the globe was concerned, the... | |
 | Science - 1853 - 396 pages
...of modern eras in the Pacific. Since the period of subsidence, the history of which has occupied us in the preceding pages, there has been no equally...general elevation. Yet various parts of the ocean bear evitlence of changes confined to particular islands or groups of islands. While the former exemplify... | |
 | Biology - 1926 - 182 pages
...3,000 feet." On p. 332, the author in discussing "Elevations of Modern Eras in the Pacific," states: "Since the period of subsidence discussed in the preceding...confined to particular islands, or groups of islands." . Manual of Geology. 2 ed., 1875. The author in discussing "System in the courses of the earth's feature-lines"... | |
 | Biology - 1926 - 182 pages
...Eras in the Pacific,! states: "Since the period of subsidence discussed in the preceding pages, ther! has been no equally general elevation. Yet various parts of the ocean bea evidence of changes confined to particular islands, or groups of islands." . Manual of Geology.... | |
 | Carnegie Institution of Washington. Tortugas Laboratory - Marine biology - 1926 - 186 pages
...3,000 feet." On p. 332, the author in discussing "Elevations of Modern Eras in the Pacific," states: "Since the period of subsidence discussed in the preceding...confined to particular islands, or groups of islands." . Manual of Geology. 2 ed., 1875. The author in discussing "System in the courses of the earth's feature-lines"... | |
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