Title
Reliquiæ diluvianæ; or Observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge
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Series:
Museum of Comparative Zoology--Biodiversity Heritage Library digitization project
By
Buckland, William, 1784-1856
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
London, J. Murray, 1824
Edition
2nd ed.
Notes
Contents: Cave at Kirkdale -- Chronological inferences from it -- Caves at Kirby Moorside -- Open fissure in Duncomb Park -- Cave at Hutton, in the Mendip Hills -- Cave on Derdham Down, near Clifton -- Cave at Balleye, near Wirksworth -- Dream cave, near Wirksworth -- Three sets of caves near Plymouth -- Cave at Crawley Rocks, near Swansea -- Cave at Paviland, near Swansea -- Caves in Germany -- Osseous breccia of Gibraltar, Nice, Dalmatia, &c. -- Human remains in caves -- Evidences of an inundation afforded by phenomena on the earth's surface -- Opinions of Cuvier -- On the excavation of valleys by diluvial denudation -- Valleys of denudation, and diluvial pebbles, in Dorset, Devon, Wilts, and Berks -- Valleys of denudation, and beds of diluvial gravel, in Warwickshire, Oxon, and Middlesex.
Subjects
Caves
,
Deluge
,
Great Britain
,
Paleontology
Call Number
QE507 .B92
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.160204
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/06011029
OCLC:
4078605
OCLC:
972842973
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