Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-14

peoGssss - es- anea 10 H. saAnerssd past
of ths eonsiaea. II ttA sasly pazs Of H.
e<a sazd-ks5s. nos Known = DE eeaanfal
RoEsdaz SGD stoHs. rs srrsad CT ever
vida srfas II Hosta Amssies. These early
9HRiAn ssa1ss.sss sad shAtes have tho
lsyseS efsen MARRIED with fiprass o. sish
IL tRncks o1 animals Of TIE 90 slowing
shas Ehsy were nss made in dssp vste. sas
uess rArt Of tie time ex2.ssd 70 lha dry
ise air ed sun-
Ihs Appslsch;An resisc vas ore 1t the
assas II yssss sand fsss OF reefs for IN
eastern vide vAs the csa.ss Of . rsoes Of
b zcic msGnsairs- The Rocky Mountain
region US psrbsblJ ana<h<f Of tbs sasi-
lower portions Of the eoneinenk A NE
sfs savsnesd Tie Dr. isrd eysended further
10 she scasf. At the close Of ~ Lover
6iisFisa tbs Gsssa Mountains vsss nads
BY a upsnfa:ng and csyssAliisirg Of M
sccis, snas forming mes Area ct dry land
hessssa shs seas Of Mes York asd Nsv
EnyiAsd. aad tbs vallsv u Lake Cnamplaiu
vas ,nseq sencs Of the peiidinS; "a
oshss Area sss nsde By tia upva1d beading
Of the eaxa's crust fron Lake Erie sefoss
sse Csncirasti region 70 Te zsesssf. Ths
Green Moaataias Sese rsissc parallel 70 fhs
AdiroEiaezs; sas Cincinnati uptift va
asAsiy paralssi 10 the Ess'ie Bias Ridge.
Sozahsfn ani western Nev YORK ard the r.
sisn Of ths Aiis gbsnies we're within the nm.
its of The continental sss taroughsas the
S.sRsiaa Age. The rocks Of the Inferior
rsgian sese N ssfiy Iimssssnss, those Of the
AppAiscaisn we're s&rdssonss. consiomef-
~ ard shakes with the Trenton Limestone
spre siiag ovsr beth. Dana gives - the
ma lin an thickness Of the Lover Silufian
rocks ic The Green Mountain region not loss
than 10, 800 feet; in PennsFlyania sbons
IL 600 feet; 10 Illinois 500 feet. and 10
Missozri Eesfly 200 feet.
The LAYER S;larian seas soouEdsd Ia HE
OF the loves. erdefs. and the plants found
are ali seaxess. The spseies changed maeh
duria tie sra; sane #pecles we're dissp'
psxrlog sad others sppexius through each
Of the sueees sire pe;iods. This succession
Of oryanjc life, although % closely con-
rsc,sd wilh rock fornzsions, c,usiita.es .
sta6y By isseif, ssd shall only SPEAK OF
ssne Of the fossils found 10 the various
gfoaps.
From Pref Hitebeoek's report. I and
sb.t the II cks IL Maine Of the lower
s.lu,laa s1rmasi9a are mostly the fossiiifer.
aus portion Of the clay states. particularly
Oh L1S T. xissI hDJ0k 49, ~
ais In ws'eIviIie. Sidney, Winslow and
Moscow, DR. Jackson describes - branches
Of ferns zad .he remains OF sesweeds. The
lninerAl character of TIE Lover Slurisn
rocks resemble the Georgia states Of Yer
mont, aHd sse the equivalent Of the Pots
dam ssndstoues. The various ssrdstones.
iimestones AID states OF the western part OF
The country have nc. teen identified in
Xain5
The Up. siIusiAn is represented BY the
Nisgagrs limestone, which ike the Trenton
a. ore Of the greatest limestone forms-
tiea Of ancient time. Succeeding this.
occurs the Oneids conglomeFase, followed
by The Medeina sandstone, which 10 part
was derived from the ruins OK The
underlying formations AID which mark
peri d Of disturbance ard 4 break in the
succassiou; they are succeeded by the Ss-
liue formations which is characterized by
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