The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 13Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 17
... Silurian in the south , Carboniferous in the central portion , and Devonian in the north , while the northeastern and southeastern coast districts are overlaid with lower Mesozoic strata . There are considerable outcrops of granites and ...
... Silurian in the south , Carboniferous in the central portion , and Devonian in the north , while the northeastern and southeastern coast districts are overlaid with lower Mesozoic strata . There are considerable outcrops of granites and ...
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... Silurian Age a great upheaval connected the Adirondacks with the Highlands and raised above sea - level the regions bordering these on the west . That portion now appears as Lower Silurian slates and limestones , running in a great ...
... Silurian Age a great upheaval connected the Adirondacks with the Highlands and raised above sea - level the regions bordering these on the west . That portion now appears as Lower Silurian slates and limestones , running in a great ...
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... Silurian sand and limestones , with small areas of Mesozoic and Tertiary strata . Coal is found under a considerable area in South Island , and to some extent in North Island . Gold exists chiefly under the glacial drift and in the ...
... Silurian sand and limestones , with small areas of Mesozoic and Tertiary strata . Coal is found under a considerable area in South Island , and to some extent in North Island . Gold exists chiefly under the glacial drift and in the ...
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... Silurian ( or Silurian ) system of rocks . It is made up of a series of sandstones , limestones , and shales , which are grouped to- gether under the Medina , Clinton , and Niagara stages . The rocks of the Niagara series are found in ...
... Silurian ( or Silurian ) system of rocks . It is made up of a series of sandstones , limestones , and shales , which are grouped to- gether under the Medina , Clinton , and Niagara stages . The rocks of the Niagara series are found in ...
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... Silurian , Cretaceous , and Tertiary systems . The Dakota sandstone of the Creta- ceous system is an important member , being the chief water - bearing stratum on which the arte- sian wells of North Dakota depend . Most of the rocks ...
... Silurian , Cretaceous , and Tertiary systems . The Dakota sandstone of the Creta- ceous system is an important member , being the chief water - bearing stratum on which the arte- sian wells of North Dakota depend . Most of the rocks ...
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