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... coincide with gaping fractures . Again , many considerable mountains are built up of rocks which are not convoluted at all , but arranged in horizontal beds . More than this , many plateaux and even lowlands are composed of as highly ...
... coincide with gaping fractures . Again , many considerable mountains are built up of rocks which are not convoluted at all , but arranged in horizontal beds . More than this , many plateaux and even lowlands are composed of as highly ...
Page 45
... coincide with the areas occupied by the more yielding rock - masses . This we shall find holds true to a large extent of all land - surfaces . Nevertheless , existing configura- tions have not been determined solely by the min ...
... coincide with the areas occupied by the more yielding rock - masses . This we shall find holds true to a large extent of all land - surfaces . Nevertheless , existing configura- tions have not been determined solely by the min ...
Page 73
... coinciding with the outcrops , and the latter with the inclination or dip of the strata . In such regions some streams and rivers not infrequently flow in the direction of dip , and thus cut across the escarpments , while others may ...
... coinciding with the outcrops , and the latter with the inclination or dip of the strata . In such regions some streams and rivers not infrequently flow in the direction of dip , and thus cut across the escarpments , while others may ...
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... coincides with the underground structure -a dome - shaped land formed of dome - shaped strata . ( Fig . 13. ) It is ... coincide with arrangement of strata . On the contrary , it could not but happen that one stream would eventually ...
... coincides with the underground structure -a dome - shaped land formed of dome - shaped strata . ( Fig . 13. ) It is ... coincide with arrangement of strata . On the contrary , it could not but happen that one stream would eventually ...
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... coincides in direction with the " strike " of the strata , i . e . , it trends at right angles to the dip or inclination ; d , cliff determined by joint ; ss , springs ; r , river . We need not for the present consider the modifica ...
... coincides in direction with the " strike " of the strata , i . e . , it trends at right angles to the dip or inclination ; d , cliff determined by joint ; ss , springs ; r , river . We need not for the present consider the modifica ...
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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