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Excerpt from Principles of Geology, Vol. 2 of 4: Being an Inquiry How Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface Are Referable to Causes Now in Operation
Action of tides and currents, continued - Inroads of the sea upon the delta of the Rhine in Holland - changes in the arms of the Rhine Estuary of the Bies Bosch, formed in 1421 Formation of the Zuyder Zee, in the 13th century Islands destroyed Delta of the Ems converted into a bay - Estuary of the Dollart formed Encroachment of the sea on the coast of Sleswick I nroads on the eastern shores of North America Tidal wave, called the Bore In?uence of tides and cur rents on the mean level of seas Action of currents in inland lakes and seas Baltic Cimbrian deluge Straits of Gibraltar - 4no under-current there Whether salt is precipitated in the Mediterranean Waste of shores of Mediterranean.
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