RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1846.08. Lyell says he can prove delta of Missisippi is, 100,000 old since. CUL-DAR205.9.220. 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: The brown crayon number '22' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Palaeontology: extinction.
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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Lyell says he can prove delta of Missisippi is, 100,000 old since post-pliocene. - thinking of gradual changes & gaps - Silurian may be, millions x millions. Where are deposits since 100,000 years old? This may be argued with great force. (under water)
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