First and Second Reports of the Bureau of Agriculture for the State of Tennessee: Introduction to the Resources of TennesseeTavel, Eastman & Howell, 1874 - 1193 pages |
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... rock , though more or less compact . A formation , in a tech- nical sense , is a stratum , or a group of strata , having characteristics which make it an ... rocks have crumbled and disintegrated into earthy 26 Resources of Tennessee .
... rock , though more or less compact . A formation , in a tech- nical sense , is a stratum , or a group of strata , having characteristics which make it an ... rocks have crumbled and disintegrated into earthy 26 Resources of Tennessee .
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... rocks have crumbled and disintegrated into earthy matter , thus originating the soil . The surface portion of this weathered material , modified and enriched by vegetable growth and the addition of dead vegetable matter , is the soil ...
... rocks have crumbled and disintegrated into earthy matter , thus originating the soil . The surface portion of this weathered material , modified and enriched by vegetable growth and the addition of dead vegetable matter , is the soil ...
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... rocks , which belong mostly to the varieties called by geologists gneiss , * talcose slate and mica slate . These rocks are mainly composed of quartz , mica , talc , feldspar , and allied minerals . They were once common sandstones ...
... rocks , which belong mostly to the varieties called by geologists gneiss , * talcose slate and mica slate . These rocks are mainly composed of quartz , mica , talc , feldspar , and allied minerals . They were once common sandstones ...
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... rock of Chilhowee Mountain and of the other similar mountains which together make up the most north - westerly ... rocks are soft because mainly calca- reous and magnesian . The valley formations may have reached once as high as ...
... rock of Chilhowee Mountain and of the other similar mountains which together make up the most north - westerly ... rocks are soft because mainly calca- reous and magnesian . The valley formations may have reached once as high as ...
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... rocks are often oolitic , while above they are generally crystalline or sparry . There is * Dolomite is a limestone - like rock containing magnesia . another feature of the formation which has , when the Geological Formations . 31.
... rocks are often oolitic , while above they are generally crystalline or sparry . There is * Dolomite is a limestone - like rock containing magnesia . another feature of the formation which has , when the Geological Formations . 31.
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