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Among the hypogene forces in geological dynamics an important place must be assigned to movements of the terrestrial crust.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
The principal effect of subterranean movements during the Tertiary Period seems to have consisted in the upheaval of hypogene formations of an age anterior to the Carboniferous.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Lyell, Charles, investigations on the numerical relations of extinct and organic life, 274, 275; nether-formed or hypogene rocks, 249; uniformity of the production of erupted rocks, 257.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
They who still question this opinion may call the rocks under consideration the stratified hypogene formations or crystalline schists.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Here, therefore, if anywhere, we might expect to find hypogene formations of Eocene date breaking out in the central axis or most disturbed region of the loftiest chain in Europe.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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