 ... lines, and which is invariably alluvial, was first called, in the case of the Nile, a delta from its resemblance to the letter of the Greek alphabet which goes by that name A. Geologists apply the term to alluvial land formed by a river at its mouth,...  Annual Report on the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania - Page 88by Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. State Geologist (1836-1841) - 1838Full view - About this book
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 562 pages
...alluvial land outside the triangle, which has been formed by the river. DENUDATION. The carrying away of a portion of the solid materials of the land, by which the inferior parts are laid bare. Etym., denudo, to lay bare. DESICCATION. The act of drying up. Etym.,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 570 pages
...alluvial land outside the triangle, which has been formed by the river. DENUDATION. The carrying away of a portion of the solid materials of the land, by which the inferior parts are laid bare. Etym., demido, to lay bare. DESICCATION. The act of drying up. Etym.,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1834 - 422 pages
...apply the term to alluvial land formed by a river at its mouth, without reference to its precise shape. DENUDATION. The carrying away by the action of running...inferior rocks are laid bare. Etym., denudo, to lay bare. DESICCATION. The act of drying up. Etym., desicco, to dry up. DEOXIDIZED, DEOXIDATED. Deprived of oxygen.... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1835 - 420 pages
...apply the term to alluvial land formed by a river at its mouth, without reference to its precise shape. DENUDATION. The carrying away by the action of running...land, by which inferior rocks are laid bare. Etym., denuda, to lay bare. DESICCATION. The act of drying up. Etym., desicco, to dry up. DEOXIDIZED, DEOXIDATED.... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1834 - 420 pages
...apply the term to alluvial land formed by a river at its mouth, without reference to its precise shape. DENUDATION. The carrying away by the action of running...land, by which inferior rocks are laid bare. Etym., denude, to lay bare. DESICCATION. The act of drying up. Etym., desicco, to dry up. DEOXIDIZED, DEOXIDATED.... | |
 | Virginia Geological Survey - Geology - 1836 - 552 pages
...apply the term to alluvial land formed by a river at its mouth, without reference to its precise shape. Denudation. The carrying away by the action of running water of a portion of the solid rqaterials of the land, by which inferior rocks are laid bare. Elym., denude, to lay bare. Dikes. When... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 500 pages
...apply the term to alluvial land formed by a river at its mouth, without reference to its precise shape. DENUDATION. The carrying away by the action of running...inferior rocks are laid bare. Etym., denudo, to lay bare. DESICCATION. The act of drying up. Etym., desicco, to dry up. DEOXIDIZED, DEOXIDATED. Deprived of oxygen.... | |
 | geologocal survey of pennsylvania - Geology - 1838 - 446 pages
...of ill-defined crystals. Loaf-sugar and statuary-marble have a crystalline texture. — Sugar-candy and calcareous spar are crystallized. Denudation....of the land, by which inferior rocks are laid bare. Elym. denudo, to lay bare. Diluvium. Those accumulations of gravel and loose materials which, by some... | |
 | George Roberts - 1839 - 208 pages
...lithos, a stone) ; a stone tree ; that is, a tree in a fossil state. DENUDATION (denude, to lay bare) ; the carrying away by the action of running water of...of the land, by which inferior rocks are laid bare. DEOXIDISED, DEOXIDATED ; deprived of oxygen, disunited from oxygen. DERCETIS (an idol worshipped at... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1840 - 500 pages
...alluvial land formed by a river at its mouth, without reference to its precise shape. DK.MMIATIOX. The carrying away by the action of running water of a portion of the solid materials of ( tbe land, by which inferior rocks are laid bare. Etym., denude, to lay bare. DEOXIDIZED, DEOXIDATED.... | |
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