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Page viii
... Southern Uplands and Northern Highlands of Scotland - Stages in Erosion of Table - lands . CHAPTER VII LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS AFFECTED BY NORMAL FAULTS OR VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS Normal Faults , general features of - Their connection ...
... Southern Uplands and Northern Highlands of Scotland - Stages in Erosion of Table - lands . CHAPTER VII LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS AFFECTED BY NORMAL FAULTS OR VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS Normal Faults , general features of - Their connection ...
Page xii
... Southern Uplands , showing Old Red Sand- stone resting upon Plain of Erosion 136 • 59. Section from Glen Lyon to Carn Chois ( Geol . Survey ) 60. Section of Normal Fault . 146 153 61 . 62 . Normal Fault , with High Ground on Downthrow ...
... Southern Uplands , showing Old Red Sand- stone resting upon Plain of Erosion 136 • 59. Section from Glen Lyon to Carn Chois ( Geol . Survey ) 60. Section of Normal Fault . 146 153 61 . 62 . Normal Fault , with High Ground on Downthrow ...
Page xiii
... Southern Uplands 71. Diagram Section across Horstgebirge 72 . 73 . Mountain of Granite Plain of Granite overlooked by Mountains of Schists , etc. 74. Diagrammatic Section of a Laccolith showing Dome - shaped Eleva- tion of Surface above ...
... Southern Uplands 71. Diagram Section across Horstgebirge 72 . 73 . Mountain of Granite Plain of Granite overlooked by Mountains of Schists , etc. 74. Diagrammatic Section of a Laccolith showing Dome - shaped Eleva- tion of Surface above ...
Page 128
... SOUTHERN UPLANDS AND NORTHERN HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND - STAGES IN EROSION OF TABLE - LANDS . IN our last chapter we considered the history of a mountain - chain , following that history from the stage of youth to old age and final ...
... SOUTHERN UPLANDS AND NORTHERN HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND - STAGES IN EROSION OF TABLE - LANDS . IN our last chapter we considered the history of a mountain - chain , following that history from the stage of youth to old age and final ...
Page 129
... Southern Uplands of Scotland . and the Scandinavian plateaux being good examples . Ancient plateaux 9 LAND - FORMS IN HIGHLY FOLDED STRATA 129.
... Southern Uplands of Scotland . and the Scandinavian plateaux being good examples . Ancient plateaux 9 LAND - FORMS IN HIGHLY FOLDED STRATA 129.
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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