In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect stumps of trees, with their roots attached, buried in strata at different heights, one over the other.
-- Charles Lyell
   
Charles Lyell   Name:
Charles Lyell
Type:
Lawyer
Nationality:
British
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