 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 570 pages
...of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides dip in opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies between them, towards which...and the ridge is an east and west anticlinal axis. For a farther explanation, with a diagram, see vol. iii. p. 293. Substances which prevent corruption... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 562 pages
...of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides dip in opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies between them, towards which...and the ridge is an east and west anticlinal axis. For a farther explanation, with a diagram, see vol. iii. p. 293. ANTISEPTIC. Substances which prevent... | |
 | sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1835 - 440 pages
...of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides dip in opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies between them, towards which the strata on each side rise, is called the anti clinal axis. In a row of houses with steep roofs facing the south, the slates represent inclined... | |
 | Virginia Geological Survey - Geology - 1836 - 552 pages
...of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides dip in opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies between them, towards which...and the ridge is an east and west anticlinal axis. Arenaceous. Sandy. Etym., arena, sand. Argillaceous. Clayey, composed of clay. Etym., argilla, clay.... | |
 | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania - Geology - 1836 - 686 pages
...hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which, on the two sides, dip in opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies between them, towards which...side rise, is called the anticlinal axis. In a row of house* with steep roofs, facing the south, the slates represent inclined strata, dipping north and... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 568 pages
...of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides dip in opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies between them, towards which...steep roofs facing the south, the slates represent inctined strata, dipping north and south, and the ridge is an east and west anticlinal axis. In the... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - Science - 1846 - 768 pages
...of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides dip In opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies between them, towards which the strata on each rise, Is called the anticlinal aril. In a row of houses, with steep roofs, facing the south, the slates... | |
 | Thomas Antisell - Industrial arts - 1852 - 728 pages
...of hills or ft valley be composed of strata which, on the two sides, dip in opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies between them, towards which...strata dipping north and south, and the ridge is an cast and west anticlinal axis (Lycll). In the annexed diagram, aa are the anticlinal, b 6 the synclinal... | |
 | G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852 - 728 pages
...of hills or a valley be composed of strata which, on the two sides, dip in opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies between them, towards which...row of houses with steep roofs facing the south, the slate» represent inclined strata dipping north and south, and the ridge is un cast und west anticlinal... | |
 | Missouri. State geologist, George Clinton Swallow - Geology - 1855 - 496 pages
...composed of strata, which on the two opposite sides dip in opposite directions, the imaginary lino that lies between them, towards which the strata on each side rise, is called the Anticlinal Axis. Plate XIV., No. 1, shows an Anticlinal Axis where the Magnesian Limestone comes to the Surface. Archimedes... | |
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Axis. If a range of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides dip in opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies between them, towards which the strata on each side rise, is called the anticlinal axis. In a row of houses... 
