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1.  Town Geology / Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
   about those "Old Red Sandstones," so interesting to a Scotchman; and he will have to bear in mind, if he belong ... than those "New Red Sandstones" of which this book treats; and that the coal measures of Scotland  details...
   • creator(s) - Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
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   • subject(s) - coal; mud; clay; ice; sea; red sandstone; mud; red sandstone; coal; ice; clay; sea;
   • title - Town Geology
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2.  The Student's Elements of Geology / Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875
   , and of alternating Calcareous and Argillaceous Formations. CHAPTER XXI. TRIAS, OR NEW RED SANDSTONE GROUP. Beds ... . Dolomitic Conglomerate of Bristol. Origin of Red Sandstone and Rock-salt. Precipitation of Salt from inland  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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3.  Journals of Australian Explorations /
   by steep white sandstone cliffs twenty to thirty feet high. The course was then changed to north ... of a high sandstone cliff, where some deep holes in the rock retained a small quantity of rainwater  details...
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   • subject(s) - sandstone; creek; latitude; grassy; east; camp; river; south; degrees minutes; sandy; latitude degrees; degrees; steered; north; rocky; grass; miles; longitude degrees; west; channel; valley; horses; sandstone hills; hills; level; yards wide; bank; water;; grassy; sandstone hills; steered; channel; creek; degrees; yards wide; north; horses; river; latitude; miles; rocky; camp; water;; south; longitude degrees; valley; grass; west; degrees minutes; sandy; east; hills; bank; level; sandstone; latitude degrees;
   • title - Journals of Australian Explorations
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4.  The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it / James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
   of the sandstones (which are the predominating colors) are so strong, and the relieving shadows so few ... sandstone that once covered the whole Grand Canyon region, and its brilliant red, when illuminated  details...
   • creator(s) - James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
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   • subject(s) - canyon; hopi; tovar; grand canyon; trail; strata; colorado; rim; colorado river; havasu canyon; algonkian strata; river; grand; hopi house; fray marcos; kaibab plateau; hopi point; tonto sandstones; grand canyon; trail; strata; havasu canyon; river; colorado; grand; fray marcos; rim; hopi house; hopi; canyon; hopi point; kaibab plateau; colorado river; algonkian strata; tovar; tonto sandstones;
   • title - The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it
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5.  Geological Observations on South America / Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
   of about twenty feet above its present level; there are also, in many parts, remnants of beds of sandstone ... , the southern one slopes up to the foot of the great sandstone plateau of the Rio Negro; and the northern one  details...
   • creator(s) - Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
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   • subject(s) - cordillera; strata; pampean; porphyritic; tertiary; calcareous; coquimbo; porphyritic conglomerate; conglomerate; pampean formation; quartz; formation; sandstone; mica; porphyry; slate; chile; gypseous formation; shells; gravel; volcanic; bahia blanca; pe; gypseous formation; chile; gravel; pampean; porphyritic; slate; conglomerate; strata; cordillera; coquimbo; porphyritic conglomerate; quartz; darwin, charles, 1809-1882; calcareous; formation; tertiary; shells; bahia blanca; volcanic; sandstone; mica; pampean formation; pe; porphyry;
   • title - Geological Observations on South America
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6.  Volcanic Islands / Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
   , with an internal ledge and a parapet.--Cones of phonolite.--Superficial beds of calcareous sandstone.-- Extinct ... OF GOOD HOPE. New South Wales.--Sandstone formation.--Embedded pseudo-fragments of shale  details...
   • creator(s) - Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
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   • subject(s) - lava; calcareous; volcanic; basaltic; obsidian; tuff; feldspar; strata; feldspathic; trachyte; dikes; craters; ascension; basalt; crater; scoriae; lavas; jago; crystalline; sandstone; crystals; calcareous matter; galapagos archipelago; earthy; helena; arc; calcareous matter; jago; feldspar; strata; dikes; earthy; arc; darwin, charles, 1809-1882; tuff; lava; volcanic; lavas; sandstone; basalt; crater; ascension; basaltic; scoriae; crystalline; trachyte; galapagos archipelago; helena; obsidian; calcareous; craters; crystals; feldspathic;
   • title - Volcanic Islands
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7.  The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes / Martin, Edward A.
   . Section of _Stigmaria_ " 18. Sigillarian trunks in sandstone " 19. _Productus_ " 20. _Encrinite ... and sandstones which enclose the coal-seams, and in these we find petrified specimens which enable us to build  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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8.  Canyons of the Colorado / Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
   . In other places the country rock is a loose sandstone, the disintegration of which has left broad stretches of drifting sand, white, golden, and vermilion. Where this sandstone is a conglomerate, a paving of pebbles ...  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;
   • title - Canyons of the Colorado
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9.  Press Cuttings / Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950
   . Mitchener: Sandstone has resigned. MITCHENER (amazed). Old Red resigned! BALSQUITH. Resigned. MITCHENER. But how? Why? Oh, impossible! the proclamation of martial law last Tuesday made Sandstone virtually ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950
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   • subject(s) - mitchener; balsquith; lady corinthia; corinthia; banger; farrell; lady; women; lady; women; mitchener; lady corinthia; balsquith; banger; corinthia; farrell;
   • title - Press Cuttings
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10.  Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky / Various
    -pieces are made is rock. The soft sandstone of South Devon, and the hard granite of the north of Scotland ... as much as granite and sandstone are rock. Water itself is of the nature of rock, only as we commonly know  details...
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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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