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... Sandstone - zone of the Middle Carpathians ( Vacek ) 116 117 54. Section across the Appalachian Ridges of ... Old Red Sand- stone resting upon Plain of Erosion 136 • 59. Section from Glen Lyon to Carn Chois ( Geol . Survey ) 60. Section ...
... Sandstone - zone of the Middle Carpathians ( Vacek ) 116 117 54. Section across the Appalachian Ridges of ... Old Red Sand- stone resting upon Plain of Erosion 136 • 59. Section from Glen Lyon to Carn Chois ( Geol . Survey ) 60. Section ...
Page 71
... red sandstones of Pre - Cam- brian age . In Caithness , again , we have the peaked and truncated pyramids of Morven , Maiden Pap , and Smean , hewn out of approximately horizontal Old Red Sandstone strata . Ingleborough is another good ...
... red sandstones of Pre - Cam- brian age . In Caithness , again , we have the peaked and truncated pyramids of Morven , Maiden Pap , and Smean , hewn out of approximately horizontal Old Red Sandstone strata . Ingleborough is another good ...
Page 135
... Old Red Sandstone times , for the lowest or bottom beds . of the Old Red Sandstone series here and there oc- cupy valleys carved out of the underlying Silurian greywacké and shale . To what extent the plateau was submerged during the Old ...
... Old Red Sandstone times , for the lowest or bottom beds . of the Old Red Sandstone series here and there oc- cupy valleys carved out of the underlying Silurian greywacké and shale . To what extent the plateau was submerged during the Old ...
Page 136
... OLD RED SANDSTONE RESTING UPON PLAIN OF EROSION . S , Silurian rocks ; D , Old Red Sandstone ; C , Carboniferous ; b , basalt ; a , agglomerate , etc. in that quarter that we meet with the most extensive and continu- ous accumulations ...
... OLD RED SANDSTONE RESTING UPON PLAIN OF EROSION . S , Silurian rocks ; D , Old Red Sandstone ; C , Carboniferous ; b , basalt ; a , agglomerate , etc. in that quarter that we meet with the most extensive and continu- ous accumulations ...
Page 138
... sandstones are well developed in the ancient hollows of Annandale and Nithsdale . Along the northern borders of the Southern Uplands we meet with similar evidence to show that even as early as the Old Red Sandstone period the ancient ...
... sandstones are well developed in the ancient hollows of Annandale and Nithsdale . Along the northern borders of the Southern Uplands we meet with similar evidence to show that even as early as the Old Red Sandstone period the ancient ...
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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