. The building of an island : being a sketch of the geological structure of the Danish West Indian island of St. Croix, or Santa Cruz. Geology -- Virgin Islands of the United States Saint Croix. 6/^ t tS" ii^w ^li**f L^ff^ Ix^v^^Xa, jd^^^*^ ^. tA"^'.. 4,^ x^:?c«. 'p,i^. I Sketch of the Geological idian Island of St. Croix, or The Author, Christiansted, work under consideration begins as Df the geological formations of our island, to backwards, it may be instructive, in summar- : course, and, as far as possible, note leading alline structure prevalent in our older forma- which
. The building of an island : being a sketch of the geological structure of the Danish West Indian island of St. Croix, or Santa Cruz. Geology -- Virgin Islands of the United States Saint Croix. 6/^ t tS" ii^w ^li**f L^ff^ Ix^v^^Xa, jd^^^*^ ^. tA"^'.. 4,^ x^:?c«. 'p,i^. I Sketch of the Geological idian Island of St. Croix, or The Author, Christiansted, work under consideration begins as Df the geological formations of our island, to backwards, it may be instructive, in summar- : course, and, as far as possible, note leading alline structure prevalent in our older forma- which they are composed were deposited, and tting them through have been intruded so that jly to their deposition. able suggestion that the components lat rock was formed, we, and prob- old enough to suppose this fact without first choolmaster, or, as modern American termi- ittempts in twelve dismal chapters and with her with a map as recent as 1856, to "edu- ; building or formation of the island of St. The above quotation gives an idea of his npt to give specimens of the pedantry dis- ook. It is difficult to conceive whether that public or for a primary school. If for the in the first chapter, the tiresome and almost y lime-rock effervesces in muriatic acid and ,'nt that soils are classed among rocks, and )raminifera; and the like are wholly super- the text has too many pretensions to being conclusions. All we can discern is, that the may have been two successive formations of the Cretaceous period and followed by sub- and subsequent deposits so as to form an- is" at the time of the chalk formation. Trap s have, to a limited extent, risen to the de- 'e do not attempt to penetrate any further ing the reader much patience in his endea- are mostly quite commendable. A. F. B. ^}l(j^ . V«AAe.)(5 V , FX'Jr^ »'>'\* t. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of thes
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