. Relics of primeval life [microform] : beginning of life in the dawn of geological time. Paleontology; Paléontologie. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE CONTINENTS 85 Then began the great processes of denudation and sedimentation to which we owe the succeeding rock formations. The rains descended on the mountain steeps, and washed the decaying rocks as sand, gravel and mud into the rivers and the. Fig. 18.—Map of Laurentian, North America. Showing the protaxis or nucleus of the continent. sea. The sea itself raged against the coasts, and cut deeply into their softer parts; and all the detritus thus produ
. Relics of primeval life [microform] : beginning of life in the dawn of geological time. Paleontology; Paléontologie. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE CONTINENTS 85 Then began the great processes of denudation and sedimentation to which we owe the succeeding rock formations. The rains descended on the mountain steeps, and washed the decaying rocks as sand, gravel and mud into the rivers and the. Fig. 18.—Map of Laurentian, North America. Showing the protaxis or nucleus of the continent. sea. The sea itself raged against the coasts, and cut deeply into their softer parts; and all the detritus thus produced by atmospheric and marine denudation was spread out by the tides and currents in the bed of the ocean, and its gulfs and #. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1820-1899. New York; Toronto : F. H. Revell
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