Reliquiae diluvianae; 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 / By the Rev. William Buckland.

  • Buckland, William, 1784-1856.
Date:
1823
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Credit: Reliquiae diluvianae; 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 / By the Rev. William Buckland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Crawley rocks (near Swansea), cave with bones, 80. Crete, labyrinth of, a series of natural caves, 5. Criffe mountain, pebbles from it found in Cum- berland, 199. Crocodiles, fossil, indicate a warm climate, 45. Croke, Sir Alexander, observed boulders in Nova Scotia, 217. Cronebane hill, boulders of granite on it, 208. Cross Fell, dividing Shap from Darlington, 194. Cul de Sac, termination of cave of Kiihloch, 140. Cumberland, pebbles drifted to Darlington from, 194. Cumnor hill, quartzose pebbles on it, 248. Current, diluvian, came from the north in North America, 215. diluvial, came from the north, 193. in Scotland, its main direction from the north-west, 205. from north-east to Shipston-ou- Stour and Oxford, 250. diluvian, proof of its coming from the north, 198, 199. , its course in north of Oxon, 251. , proof of it in Stirlingshire, 203. evidence of it on top of rock of Gibraltar, 157. Curtois, Rev. Mr. his account of tusk of elephant at Tarifa, 160. Curved bones, polished on one side only, 31. Cuvier, his old list of animals in Gibraltar brec- cia, 149. his former and present opinions of the age of the breccia at Gibraltar, 149. his recent opinion on the Gibraltar brec- cia, 229. his opinion of the age of the bones found in caverns and diluvium, 230. his opinion of the author’s account of Kirkdale, 231. his conviction of the fact of a recent Cuvier, his account of deltas and actual causes, 190. of bones in caves and fis sures, 162. D. Dales falling into vale of Pickering, 3. Dalmatia, its osseous breccia in fissures, 148 bones found there, 154. Dammerde of Germany is diluvial loam, 191. Darlington, diluvium near it, 192. granite block in the street, 194. pebbles and blocks from Cumberland in gravel near it, 194. Davy, Sir Humphrey, visits Kirkdale, 55. Dawson, R. Esq. his communication on Holkin lead mines, 179. Days of Mosaic creation, reference to discussion thereon, 2. Debacle of Saussure, effect of diluvial waters, 212. Decay, different stages of, in teeth and bones, 30. of teeth and bones proportionate to ex- posure, 41. Deer, three species at Kirkdale, 18. De la Beche, Mr. notices correspondence in the coasts of Dorset and Normandy, 246. — his tusk of elephant from Char- mouth, 174. Deltas at mouth of Rhine, Po, and Nile, 190. De Luc, Mr. his account of caves in the Hartz, 100. his opinion of age of Gibraltar breccia, 152. Deluge, proofs that it has excavated valleys, 237. period of, not exceeding 6000 years ago, 51. summary of its proofs, by Mr, Greenough, 224. deluge, 225. gravel and loam referable to it, 185.