 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1834 - 422 pages
...seed-lobes. Etym., iis, dis, double, and KoTv\n$ov, cotyledon. DIKES. When a mass of the unstratified or igneous rocks, such as granite, trap, and lava,...or deluge sweeping over the surface of the earth. 1'iym,., diluvium, deluge. DIP. When a stratum does not lie horizontally, but is inclined, the point... | |
 | Virginia Geological Survey - Geology - 1836 - 552 pages
...and in Scotland dykes, the provincial name for wall. It is not easy to draw the line between dykes and veins. The former are generally of larger dimensions,...or deluge sweeping over the surface of the earth. Dip. — When a stratum does not lie horizontally, but is inclined, the point of the compass towards... | |
 | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania - Geology - 1836 - 686 pages
...the solid materials of the land, by which inferior rocks are laid bare. Etym. denudo, to lay bare. Diluvium. Those accumulations of gravel and loose...are said to have been produced by the action of a dOuvial wave or deluge sweeping over the surface of the earth. Etym. diluvium, deluge. . Dip. When... | |
 | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. State Geologist (1836-1841) - Geology - 1838 - 108 pages
...the solid materials of the land, by which inferior rocks are laid bare. Etym. denudo, to lay bare. Diluvium. Those accumulations of gravel and loose...action of a diluvian wave or deluge sweeping over die surface of the earth. Etym. diluvium, deluge. Dip. When a stratum does not lie horizontally, but... | |
 | geologocal survey of pennsylvania - Geology - 1838 - 446 pages
...the solid materials of the land, by which inferior rocks are laid bare. Elym. denudo, to lay bare. Diluvium. Those accumulations of gravel and loose...geologists, are said to have been produced by the action s*: i j-, '•: .•;' i; L. f. ' ' ' 'y ,»' o .-i :.'mif'> i' . iwss's?vi aiij)':*.' or a diluvian... | |
 | sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1840 - 504 pages
...having wasted away; whence they were first called in the north of England and in Scotland dilum, a provincial name for wall. It is not easy to draw the...stratum does not lie horizontally, but is inclined, it is said to dip towards some point of the compass, and the angle it makes with the horizon is called... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1840 - 500 pages
...having wasted away; whence they were first called in the north of England and in Scotland dllim, a provincial name for wall. It is not easy to draw the...deluge sweeping over the surface of the earth. Etym,, dilmivm, deluge. DIP. When a stratum does not lie horizontally, but is inclined, it is said to dip... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1847 - 866 pages
...having wasted away ; whence they were first called in the north of England mid in Scotland dikes, a provincial name for wall. It is not easy to draw the...the surface of the earth. Etym., diluvium, deluge. i.) r. When a stratum does not lie horizontally, but is inclined, it is said to dip towards some point... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Geology - 1847 - 434 pages
...these often thin away into slender threads. Lign. 80. DILUVIUM. Those accumulations of gravel and lOOFC materials, which, by some geologists, are said to have been produced by the action of a di'uvian wave or deluge sweeping over the surface of the earth. Etym., diluvium, deluge. DIP. When... | |
 | Missouri. State geologist, George Clinton Swallow - Geology - 1855 - 496 pages
...grand division of the vegetable kingdom, founded on the plant having two cotyledons, or seed-lobes. Diluvium. Those accumulations of gravel and loose...action of a diluvian wave or deluge sweeping over the earth. Dip. When a stratum does not lie horizontally, but is inclined, the greatest inclination to... | |
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It is not easy to draw the line between dikes and veins. The former are generally of larger dimensions, and have their sides parallel for considerable distances; while veins have generally many ramifications, and these often thin away into slender threads.... 
