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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

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.