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Page ix
... Alps . CHAPTER XI PAGE 212 LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION ( continued ) . 232 Former Glacial conditions of Northern Europe - Extent of the old Inland Ice - Glacial character of Boulder - clay - Central Region of Glacial Erosion ...
... Alps . CHAPTER XI PAGE 212 LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION ( continued ) . 232 Former Glacial conditions of Northern Europe - Extent of the old Inland Ice - Glacial character of Boulder - clay - Central Region of Glacial Erosion ...
Page xii
... Alps ( A. Heim ) . IIO 41. Summit of Santis , East Side ( A. Heim ) III 43 . 44 . 42. Section across the Schortenkopf , Bavarian Alps ( E. Fraas ) Section across the Kaisergebirge , Eastern Alps ( E. Fraas ) Section across the Val d ...
... Alps ( A. Heim ) . IIO 41. Summit of Santis , East Side ( A. Heim ) III 43 . 44 . 42. Section across the Schortenkopf , Bavarian Alps ( E. Fraas ) Section across the Kaisergebirge , Eastern Alps ( E. Fraas ) Section across the Val d ...
Page 93
... Alps , the Hima- layas , the Cordilleras , and in its old age in the Appalachians and the mountains of Scandinavia and Britain . Let us now briefly consider some of the typical kinds of structure presented by the more steeply in- clined ...
... Alps , the Hima- layas , the Cordilleras , and in its old age in the Appalachians and the mountains of Scandinavia and Britain . Let us now briefly consider some of the typical kinds of structure presented by the more steeply in- clined ...
Page 108
... Alps , and see how far they bear out these elementary conclusions . That great chain is a typical example of what are known as mountains of elevation . It consists essen- tially of a succession of anticlines and synclines , chiefly ...
... Alps , and see how far they bear out these elementary conclusions . That great chain is a typical example of what are known as mountains of elevation . It consists essen- tially of a succession of anticlines and synclines , chiefly ...
Page 109
... Alps ( Fig . 40 , p . 110 ) gives the general arrangement of the strata , and enables us in some faint measure to appreciate the degree of denudation which has already been ex- perienced by these relatively young mountains . Grant , if ...
... Alps ( Fig . 40 , p . 110 ) gives the general arrangement of the strata , and enables us in some faint measure to appreciate the degree of denudation which has already been ex- perienced by these relatively young mountains . Grant , if ...
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accumulation Alpine Alps anticlines basalt base-level basins become beds boulder-clay Carboniferous character cirques cliffs coast-lines coasts configuration Cretaceous crust crustal movements crystalline débris denudation deposits depressions depth detritus direction dislocations drainage elevation epigene epigene action epigene agents eroded escarpments feet fiords flow fluvio-glacial fluvio-glacial deposits folds gently geological structure glacial action glacial erosion glaciers gradually ground-moraines hills hollows horizontal strata ice-flow ice-sheet igneous rocks inclined indented infrequently irregular islands joints kind laccoliths lakes land land-forms land-surface lava less limestone low grounds materials mer de glace modified moraines mountain-chain mountain-valleys mountains névé normal faults Old Red Sandstone outcrops owe their origin plain of erosion plateau regions relatively result ridges rock-basins rock-masses sand sandstone schistose schists SECTION sediment slopes Southern Uplands strata streams and rivers superficial surface surface-features synclinal tectonic tend thickness tion tracts traversed underground undulating usually valleys vertical volcanic wind