 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 570 pages
...Etym., debacler, French, to unbar, to break up as a river does at the cessation of a long-continued frost. DELTA. When a great river before it enters...the three lines, and which is invariably alluvial, is called a delta from its resemblance to the letter of the Greek alphabet which goes by that name... | |
 | Virginia Geological Survey - Geology - 1836 - 552 pages
...all opposing barriers, carries forward the broken fragments of rocks, and spreads them in its course. Delta. — When a great river, before it enters the...letter of the Greek alphabet which goes by that name. Geologists apply the term to alluvial land formed by a river at its mouth, without reference to its... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 568 pages
...Etym., dtbacler, French, to unbar, to break up as a river does at the cessation of a long-continued frost. DELTA. When a great river, before it enters...the letter of the Greek alphabet which goes by that same, A. Geologists apply the term to alluvial land formed by a river at its mouth, without reference... | |
 | Missouri. State geologist, George Clinton Swallow - Geology - 1855 - 496 pages
...all opposiug barriers, carries forward the broken fragments of rocks, and spreads them in its course. Delta. When a great river, before it enters the sea,...sea being the base. The land included by the three Hues, and which is invariably alluvial, was first called, in the case of the Nile, a dela, from its... | |
 | Robert Fowler - 1875 - 586 pages
...subsidence of a tumour, or other disease. Delivery (Fr. délivrer, to free). Ubs. The completion of labour. Delta. When a great river, before it enters the sea,...letter of the Greek alphabet which goes by that name, Д. Geologists apply the term to alluvial land iormed by a river at its mouth, without reference to... | |
 | William Barton Rogers - Geology - 1884 - 880 pages
...all opposing barriers, carries forward the broken fragments of rocks, and spreads them in its course. Delta. — When a great river, before it enters the...letter of the Greek alphabet which goes by that name. Geologists apply the term to alluvial land formed by a river at its mouth, without reference to its... | |
 | William Barton Rogers - Geology - 1884 - 878 pages
...all opposing barriers, carries forward the broken fragments of rocks, and spreads them in its course. Delta. — When a great river, before it enters the...the three lines, and which is invariably alluvial, wns first called, in the case of the Nile, a delta, from its resemblance to the letter of the Greek... | |
 | Charles Lyell - Science - 1990 - 604 pages
...round. Together with gramineee they constitute what writers on botanical geography often call glumacece. DELTA. When a great river before it enters the sea...the three lines, and which is invariably alluvial, is called a delta from its resemblance to the letter of the Greek alphabet which goes by that name... | |
 | Charles Lyell - Science - 1990 - 604 pages
...debacler, French, to unbar, to break up as a river does at the cessation of a long-continued frost. DKLTA. When a great river before it enters the sea divides...the three lines, and which is invariably alluvial, is called a delta from its resemblance to the letter of the Greek alphabet which goes by that name... | |
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Delta. — When a great river, before it enters the sea, divides into separate streams, they often diverge and form two sides of a triangle, the sea being the base. The land included by the three lines, and which is invariably alluvial, was first called,... 