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Horsham, and Winchelsea to Boulogne, and as shown in the following section, taken from Professor Ramsay, we have on each side of the axis two ridges or "escarpments," one that of the Chalk, the other that of the Greensand, while between the Chalk and the Greensand is a valley, and between the Greensand and the ridge of Hastings Sand an undulating plain, in each case with a gentle slope from about where the London and
The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In John Lubbock 1873
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He took the Greensand Way, walking easily at first on the sandy path, studying his surroundings.
Mourn Not Your Dead Deborah Crombie 1996
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He took the Greensand Way, walking easily at first on the sandy path, studying his surroundings.
Mourn Not Your Dead Deborah Crombie 1996
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He took the Greensand Way, walking easily at first on the sandy path, studying his surroundings.
Mourn Not Your Dead Deborah Crombie 1996
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Greensand beds; they cap the ridge between Oving and Whitchurch.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Greensand rocks were laid down unconforrnably on all beneath.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays John Joly 1895
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They carry us back indeed to a time when the Greensand and Chalk were continued across the Weald in a great dome, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 38.
The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In John Lubbock 1873
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Greensand, with a valley between it and the Chalk; _c_, _c_, Weald Clay, forming plains; _d_, Hills formed of Hastings Sand and Clay.
The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In John Lubbock 1873
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Here we have (omitting minor layers) four principal strata concerned, namely, the Chalk, Greensand, Weald Clay, and Hastings
The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In John Lubbock 1873
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Chalk and Greensand gradually weathered back, a process still in operation, the rivers deepened and deepened their valleys, and thus were enabled to keep their original course.
The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In John Lubbock 1873
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