A Manual of Elementary Geology or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants as Illustrated by Geological Monuments

CHAPTER VII.

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ALLUVIUM.

Alluvium described--Due to complicated causes--Of various ages, as shown in Auvergne--How distinguished from rocks _in situ_--River-terraces--Parallel roads of Glen Roy--Various theories respecting their origin 79