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... , 5th ed . , p . 244 . 1. The lowest visible beds consist of a compact brownish. 1. Cliff on the Banks of the Allier , near Pont du Château , at the base of the Puy de Dallet . CHAP . II . 15 CALCAREO - VOLCANIC STRATA .
... , 5th ed . , p . 244 . 1. The lowest visible beds consist of a compact brownish. 1. Cliff on the Banks of the Allier , near Pont du Château , at the base of the Puy de Dallet . CHAP . II . 15 CALCAREO - VOLCANIC STRATA .
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... base with another of a rather larger size , on which stands the town of Monton , but differs from it in substance . Its principal compo- nent rock is like those already described , a peperino of basaltic fragments , small scoriæ , and ...
... base with another of a rather larger size , on which stands the town of Monton , but differs from it in substance . Its principal compo- nent rock is like those already described , a peperino of basaltic fragments , small scoriæ , and ...
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... base of the hill upon which Clermont is built rises a spring , the water of which is impregnated by means of * Nos . 90 , 89 , and 88 , in our map of the Monts Dômes . its carbonic acid with so large a proportion of carbonate CHAP . II ...
... base of the hill upon which Clermont is built rises a spring , the water of which is impregnated by means of * Nos . 90 , 89 , and 88 , in our map of the Monts Dômes . its carbonic acid with so large a proportion of carbonate CHAP . II ...
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... base of the granitic chain which separates the waters of the Loire and the Allier . The rise of the granite platform towards the Haut Vivarais bounded it on the south ; and some irregular embranchments from the heights of St. Bonnet and ...
... base of the granitic chain which separates the waters of the Loire and the Allier . The rise of the granite platform towards the Haut Vivarais bounded it on the south ; and some irregular embranchments from the heights of St. Bonnet and ...
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... base of the low hill on which Clermont stands , to the low - water mark at Pont du Château , the first point being 1204 , the last 1027 English feet above the sea , and the distance about nine miles . The western limit of the plain is ...
... base of the low hill on which Clermont stands , to the low - water mark at Pont du Château , the first point being 1204 , the last 1027 English feet above the sea , and the distance about nine miles . The western limit of the plain is ...
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Allier ancient appears Ardèche augite Auvergne basin bed of basalt breccia calcareous calcareous peperino Cantal cellular Central France chain of puys channel character Clermont clinkstone colour columnar compact conglomerate considerable contains covered crater Crown 8vo current of lava deposits distance district domite dyke east Edition elevation eruption evidently excavation Fcap feet felspar fissures flowed formed fragments freshwater formation geologists Gergovia gneiss granitic platform Graveneire Haute Loire heights hill Illustrations lacustrine lake lava lava-current Le Puy Limagne limestone marls mass matter Mezen miles Mont Dore Monts Dôme mountain neighbouring numerous observed occupied olivine Pariou peperino plain Plate plateau points Pomel Pont Portrait Post 8vo prisms probably Puy de Dôme recent remarkable ridge rise river rock sandstone scoriæ side Sioule slope strata stream of lava substance summit surface tertiary thick tion trachyte tuff valley vent Vivarais volcanic cones Vols Woodcuts
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