RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Section of the tertiary formation at Coquimbo. CUL-DAR39.188-193. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2022. 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.
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(7 bis)
[Annotated figure] à Engraver. The letter [text excised] cut. ─ [text excised] be sh [text excised]
[South America, p. 128: "No. 21.─ Section of the tertiary formation at Coquimbo."]
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[Annotated figure] No 11. low land sloping to the Beach
[South America, p. 43.]
[190]
[Figure] (8)
[South America, p. 39: "No. 9. ─ East and West section through the terraces at Coquimbo where they debouch from the valley, and front of sea."]
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(No. 8)
East & West section, from the sea, through the town of Coquimbo and the terraces up to the highest plain: vertical scale 1/20" if inch to 100 ft. horizontal scale much reduced.
[Annotated figure] first dots from middle of each line
(no writing)?
[South America, p. 39: "No. 9. ─ East and West section through the terraces at Coquimbo where they debouch from the valley, and front of sea."]
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[Annotated figure] (No. 12) (?)
(narrower & branch of rise close)
Sloping terraces of stratified shingle on each side of the valley of the Cordillera
[South America, p. 63: "No. 14.─ Ground-plan of a bifurcating valley in the Cordillera, bordered by smooth, sloping gravel-fringes (A A A), worn along the course of the river into cliffs."]
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(15) [Annotated figure] P. Tenuy 150 ft in height 100 yards long? 100 ft high?
[South America, p. 122: "No. 19."]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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