| 单词 | nummulite |
| 例句 | With them are the Nummulites, looking externally very like buttons, but on the inside divided into innumerable chambers in which the complex animal that formed the nummulite dwelt. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z Generally, however, the Cretaceous beds do not appear, and the greater part of southern Arabia seems to be formed of Alveolina and nummulite limestones of Tertiary age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" "You might have a necklace made, with the nummulites above and the flints below as pendants." Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu The Eocene includes a series of sandstones and marls with lignite, and these are overlaid by nummulite limestones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Lower Cretaceous limestones and schists, with radiolarian cherts, arc extensively developed; and in many parts of the island Upper Cretaceous limestones with Rudistes and Eocene beds with nummulites have been found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" It is composed almost exclusively, in many parts, of microscopic animals, and abounds in others in fossil shells,—nautili, ostreadæ, turritella, and nummulites, with corals, sponges, the remains of crustacea, and the teeth of fishes. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Whole mountains are sometimes found to consist of a single species of fossil goniatites, trilobites, or nummulites. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Other groups which once played a great r�le, are now wholly extinct; for instance, the trilobites of the primary, the sauria of the secondary, the nummulites of the tertiary periods. The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality The Eocene beds are marine and contain nummulites. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Amongst the materials I found a fine yellow sandstone-grit and a nummulite so weathered that the shells stood out in strong relief. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Oolite found by Durand in a low range, standing by itself in the valley, it generally bears a vast quantity of nummulites and madrepores. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries The nummulites are the principal ingredient of a limestone which is of great extent in Europe and Asia, and is the material of which some of the pyramids of Egypt are made. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section R Dr. Carpenter and Professor T. Rupert Jones have since confirmed this opinion, comparing the structure to that of the well-known nummulite. The Student's Elements of Geology They are generally of a coarse breccia, the component parts principally limestone; abundance of nummulites. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries During that period the sea prevailed where these chains now rise, for nummulites and their accompanying testacea were unquestionably inhabitants of salt water. The Student's Elements of Geology Durand finds nummulites, but thinks them brought down by the river. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries External surface of one of the nummulites, of which longitudinal sections are seen in the limestone. b. The Student's Elements of Geology Dr. T. Thompson found nummulites at an elevation of no less than 16,500 feet above the level of the sea, in Western Thibet. The Student's Elements of Geology |
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