H ow are strata raised from the ocean bed? 李贝.西洋科学史.
For on the theory, such strata must somewhere have been deposited at these ancient and utterly unknown epochs of the world's history. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
There are three great series of strata beneath the Silurian system in Canada, in the lowest of which the Eozoon is found. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
As early as 1747 he had been interested in geology and had seen specimens of the fossil remains of marine shells from th e strata of the highest parts of the Alleghany Mountains. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Had the different strata of clay, gravel, marble, coals, limestone, sand, minerals, &c. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
Lyell and Dr. Dawson in the carboniferous strata of North America; but now land-shells have been found in the lias. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
W erner thought that the earth showed universal strata like the layers of an onion, the mountains being formed by erosion, subsidence, cavings-in. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Later he stated that either the sea had once stood at a higher level, or that these strata had been raised by the force of earthquakes. 李贝.西洋科学史.
I return you Mr. Mitchell's paper on the strata of the earth[36] with thanks. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
On the other hand, in all parts of the world the piles of sedimentary strata are of wonderful thickness. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
All strata are sedimentary, consolidated at the bottom of the sea by the pressure of the water and by subterranean heat. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Stones apparently chipped for use have been found in strata of Oligocene Age at Boncelles in Belgium. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Moreover, the same order of superposition was constant among the strata, as Werner, of whom Smith knew nothing, had indeed taugh t. 李贝.西洋科学史.
The red lava of deep revolutionary fires oozed up through many glowing cracks in the political crust, and all the social strata were shaken. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Can we easily conceive how the strata of the earth could have been so deranged, if it had not been a mere shell supported by a heavier fluid? 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.