CHAPTER XXIX.

EVIDENCE FROM BURIED RIVER CHANNELS OF A CONTINENTAL PERIOD

IN BRITAIN.

Remarks on the Drift Deposits.—Examination of Drift

by Borings.—Buried River Channel from Kilsyth to

Grangemouth.—Channels not excavated by Sea nor by

Ice.—Section of buried Channel at Grangemouth.—Mr. Milne

Home’s Theory.—German Ocean dry Land.—Buried River Channel

from Kilsyth to the Clyde.—Journal of Borings.—Marine

Origin of the Drift Deposits.—Evidence of Inter-glacial

Periods.—Oscillations of Sea-Level.—Other buried River

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