To stimulate sales, the protective and curative powers of the local fossils and the calcareous rock chips and the powdered limestone ( sealed earths (terrae sigillatae), from which tablets with the stamp of a serpent were produced) taken from St. Paul s Grotto (terra melitensis, St. Paul s earth) were extolled in handbills which were ...
everyones quizlet. STUDY. PLAY. deformation. the bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress. earthquakes. sudden, violent movements of the tectonic plates along a fault line; can cause dramatic changes .