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1.  Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills / Owen, Luella Agnes, 1852-1932
   of percolating acidulated water on the limestone, and its subsequent removal as the volume of surface drainage ... the location of the frail deposits. Since the largest and most important caves occur in limestone, a little  details...
   • creator(s) - Owen, Luella Agnes, 1852-1932
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   • subject(s) - cave; caves; magnesian limestone; crystal; blondy's throne; chamber; crystal cave; feet; marble cave; entrance; surface; wind cave; surface; cave; caves; chamber; entrance; marble cave; wind cave; blondy's throne; magnesian limestone; crystal; crystal cave; feet;
   • title - Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills
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2.  æontological Science / Nicholson, Henry Alleyne, 1844-1899
   --Chalk, its microscopic structure and mode of formation--Limestone, varieties, structure, and origin--Phosphate of lime ... --Reasons for believing that the Laurentian rocks are not azoic based upon their containing limestones, beds of oxide  details...
   • creator(s) - Nicholson, Henry Alleyne, 1844-1899
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   • subject(s) - silurian; carboniferous; devonian; genus; pliocene; cretaceous; eocene; upper silurian; miocene; fossils; lower silurian; permian; strata; jurassic; limestone; cambrian; deposits; calcareous; trias; tertiary; palaeontographical society; mammals; genera; s; eocene; strata; lower silurian; mammals; tertiary; s; silurian; deposits; fossils; upper silurian; genera; limestone; trias; devonian; cambrian; jurassic; cretaceous; calcareous; genus; pliocene; permian; palaeontographical society; miocene; carboniferous;
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3.  The Student's Elements of Geology / Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875
   OF FOSSILS IN STRATA-- FRESH-WATER AND MARINE. Successive Deposition indicated by Fossils. Limestones formed ... Silicieux. Gres de Beauchamp. Calcaire Grossier. Miliolite Limestone. Soissonnais Sands. Lower Eocene  details...
   • creator(s) - Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875
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   • subject(s) - strata; miocene; limestone; fossil; volcanic; fossils; sandstone; species; lower miocene; chalk; rocks; granite; upper miocene; coal; marine; clay; red sandstone; upper; volcanic rocks; plutonic rocks; figure; shells; formations; white chalk; formation; l; strata; rocks; upper miocene; red sandstone; coal; volcanic rocks; plutonic rocks; white chalk; formation; volcanic; lower miocene; chalk; sandstone; fossils; figure; limestone; clay; fossil; marine; granite; upper; species; shells; l; formations; miocene;
   • title - The Student's Elements of Geology
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4.  The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes / Martin, Edward A.
   _ " 21. Encrinital limestone " 22. Various _encrinites_ " 23. _Cyathophyllum_ " 24 ... : FIG. 3.--_Rhacopteris inaequilatera._ Carboniferous limestone.] Although many of the ferns greatly  details...
   • creator(s) - Martin, Edward A.
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   • subject(s) - coal; gas; aniline dyes; sulphuric acid; coal; aniline dyes; gas; sulphuric acid;
   • title - The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes
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5.  Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky / Various
   used in brick-making is rock; the limestone of the quarry is rock; the marble of which our mantel ... ._ Shelly Sandstone, _e._ Shale. _f._ Limestone.] They are called "stratified  details...
   • creator(s) - Various
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   • subject(s) - chalk; rocks; rocks; chalk;
   • title - Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky
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6.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 / Various
   strata are enumerated as: I. The existence of adjoining beds of limestone, gypsum, etc. II ... in the wells. I. All writers have noticed the presence of limestone close to petroleum fields in the United  details...
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   • subject(s) - stannous chloride; stannous; fresno; tin dioxide; minimum doses; chloride; maximum doses; doses; petroleum; raisin; temperature; foliage; serial; sec; minimum; sulphur; edward bethel; natural foliage; pig iron; acid; blast furnace; cent; sample; tin; indi; blast furnace; foliage; indi; sample; natural foliage; temperature; minimum doses; serial; stannous chloride; fresno; cent; maximum doses; edward bethel; tin dioxide; minimum; doses; acid; petroleum; tin; stannous; raisin; sulphur; pig iron; chloride; sec;
   • title - Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
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7.  Coral and Coral Reefs / Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
   -kettle. This "fur" is carbonate of lime, the same sort of substance as limestone and chalk. That material ... into the most utter insignificance! These singular coral limestone structures are very beautiful, especially  details...
   • creator(s) - Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
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   • subject(s) - coral; reef; polypes; reefs; coral reefs; fringing reef; red coral; sea; fringing reef; red coral; reef; coral; reefs; coral reefs; polypes; sea; huxley, thomas henry, 1825-1895;
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8.  Canyons of the Colorado / Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
   these canyons are in the sandstones and limestones which constitute the platform of the great elevated region ... are found, but they are far apart, and some of the volcanic craters hold lakelets. The limestone  details...
   • creator(s) - Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
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   • subject(s) - canyon; canyons; plateau; cliffs; colorado; grand canyon; river; rocks; cliff; camp; rock; rio virgen; mountains; indians; vermilion cliffs; uinta mountains; boat; region; valley; boats; grand canyon; vermilion cliffs; rocks; river; rock; rio virgen; mountains; colorado; camp; valley; cliffs; region; indians; plateau; canyon; canyons; uinta mountains; boat; cliff; boats;
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9.  The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada / Tilton, George Henry, 1845-
   . It grows on rocky ledges with a preference for limestone, and often in full sun. In large and mature fronds ... little fern is a northern species and springs from tiny crevices in rocks, preferring limestone. Like  details...
   • creator(s) - Tilton, George Henry, 1845-
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   • subject(s) - fern; fronds; pinnae; ferns; aspidium cristatum; shield fern; sterile fronds; fertile fronds; cinnamon fern; botrychium obliquum; grape fern; bladder fern; aspidium spinulosum; ostrich fern; spore cases; lady fern; twice pinnate; sensitive fern; henry hol; botrychium obliquum; sterile fronds; pinnae; fern; fronds; cinnamon fern; henry hol; spore cases; twice pinnate; ferns; fertile fronds; grape fern; ostrich fern; shield fern; lady fern; sensitive fern; aspidium cristatum; bladder fern; aspidium spinulosum;
   • title - The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada
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10.  The Past Condition of Organic Nature / Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
    afterwards, and you had a series of these different layers of mud, converted into sandstone, or limestone ... up of such layers of mud, so hard, the majority of them, that we call them rock whether limestone or sandstone  details...
    • creator(s) - Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
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    • subject(s) - mud; extinct; deposited; deposit; animals; deposits; surface; record; sea; extinct; surface; mud; record; animals; deposit; deposited; deposits; sea; huxley, thomas henry, 1825-1895;
    • title - The Past Condition of Organic Nature
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