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saltation [sȯl′tā·shən] (geology) Transport of a sediment in which the particles are moved forward in a series of short intermittent bounces from a bottom surface. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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On the other side of the coin (and ocean), the Harvard botanist Asa Gray rightly recognized that saltations would mean the demise of the theory of natural selection and vigorously defended Darwin while remaining an orthodox Congregationalist, whereas his great rival at Harvard, the zoologist Louis Agassiz, attacked Origin of Species but abandoned the Calvinist religion of his Swiss homeland and became a Unitarian. |
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