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" ... partially saline or brackish water. It abounds in many places with freshwater shells, and indeed presents the true and persistent characters of a deposit in an inland sea, and contains no vestiges of corals or other marine bodies. It was observed... "
Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from Contributions of Officers ... - Page 168
1860
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 41

1846 - 472 pages
...or other marine bodies. It was observed to be in some places between 200 and 300 feet thick, and at elevations of 700 feet above the present level of the Caspian. It possesses an uniformity of character which separates it from any tertiary deposit of Western Europe....
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volume 41

1846 - 796 pages
...or other marine bodies. It was observed to be in some places between 200 and 300 feet thick, and at elevations of 700 feet above the present level of the Caspian. It possesses an uniformity of character which separates it from any tertiary deposit of Western Europe....
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The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Volume 2

1846 - 674 pages
...or other marine bodies. It was observed to be in some places between 200 and 300 feet thick, and at elevations of 700 feet above the present level of the Caspian. It possesses an uniformity of character which separates it from any tertiary deposit of Western Europe....
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A Rudimentary Treatise on Geology: For the Use of Beginners

Joseph Ellison Portlock - 1849 - 204 pages
...associated with bivalves, which are common to partially saline or brackish water, but without corals. The thickness of this supposed member of the pliocene...distinction in the animals of a higher class, as is proved by the bones of the various celebrated bone caves and ossiferous breccias of all parts of the...
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A Rudimentary Treatise on Geology: For the Use of Beginners

Joseph Ellison Portlock - 1853 - 224 pages
...associated with bivalves, which are common to partially saline or brackish water, but without corals. The thickness of this supposed member of the pliocene...of 700 feet above the present level of the Caspian. In like manner the tertiary strata of Vienna correspond to the London clay at the base, but merging...
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The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Volume 2

Geological Society of London - 1846 - 742 pages
...or other marine bodies. It was observed to be in some places between 200 and 300 feet thick, and at elevations of 700 feet above the present level of the Caspian. It possesses an uniformity of character which separates it from any tertiary deposit of Western Europe....
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