RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1846.06. Besides the probability of no deposits &: no organic remains in open ocean. CUL-DAR205.9.219. 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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Besides the probability of no deposits &: no organic remains in open ocean - we have demonstrative proof, where one formation lies conformally on another much older one with no line of separation (showing that it did not probably exist on land)
The oldest formation will always tend to be oceanic, for thickest, widest - & will be probably the largest undisturbed by elevation & denudation.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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