RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1845.06. On Mica-slate of Antrim in Ireland. CUL-DAR205.9.201. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.9 contains notes on palaeontology and geology [regarding theory of evolution].
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On Mica-slate of Antrim in Ireland (described by Bryce in early Geological Proceedings?) chalk throws out & then Lias & then probably Red Sandstone, form conformable bed only a few feet thick – best example (if substantiated) of the impossibility of judging of time by appearance of strata. Ask Lyell
Jun 1845
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N. America form few, - S. [America] genera
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