| sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1835 - 440 pages
...avBpwiros, cmthropos, a man, and iu"("r"f' morphe, form. i -i.iN.M. Axis. If a range of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides...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... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 568 pages
...Etym., aut'ftnric, anthropos, a man, and ptf?>, morphe, form. ANTICLINAL Axis. If a range of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides...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... | |
| geologocal survey of pennsylvania - Geology - 1838 - 446 pages
...the waters of lakes or seas. Eiym. alluo, to wash upon. Anticlinal Axis. If a ranga of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides dip in opposite directions, th.3 imaginary line that lies between them, towards which the strata on each side rise, is called the... | |
| W. M. Buchanan - Science - 1846 - 768 pages
...the Eul of Mar." ANTICLINAL, Or.fromitrr<,against,and xhvut. to incline. If a range of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides...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... | |
| G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852 - 728 pages
...material. ANTICLINAL AXIS. (Gr. á,rí against, and »Xivciv, to incHnt.) If a range of hills or a valley be composed of strata which, on the two sides,...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... | |
| William Adam - 1857 - 194 pages
...Anteclinical axis ; If a range of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which dip on the two sides in opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies...which the strata on each side rise, is called the anteclinical axis. Antedilu'vial and Antedilu'vian : Ante, before, and diluvium, a deluge ; viz. before... | |
| W. M. Buchanan - Science - 1884 - 856 pages
...£*rl of Mar." AXTICLIML, Or. from *»TV, against, and >,yj». to Incline. 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 lie* between them, towards which the strata on each ri*e, is called the anticlinal <ui». In a row... | |
| William Barton Rogers - Geology - 1884 - 878 pages
...Cubizite, of frequent occurrence in the Trap-rocks. Anticlinal Axis. — If a range of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two 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.... | |
| William Barton Rogers - Geology - 1884 - 880 pages
...Cubizite, of frequent occurrence in the Trap-rocks. Anticlinal Ахи. — If a range of hills, or a valley, be composed of strata, which on the two sides dip in opposite directions, tho imaginary line that lies between them, towards which the strata on each side rise, is called the... | |
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