Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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Page vii
... STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . PAGE I 18 44 ...
... STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . PAGE I 18 44 ...
Page xi
... Strata II 6 . Section across Unconformable Strata 41 7 . Section across a series of Alluvial Terraces 51 8 . 9 . Section and Bird's - eye View of Colorado Plateau ( Powell ) Diagrammatic Section across Colorado Plateau 54 58 10 ...
... Strata II 6 . Section across Unconformable Strata 41 7 . Section across a series of Alluvial Terraces 51 8 . 9 . Section and Bird's - eye View of Colorado Plateau ( Powell ) Diagrammatic Section across Colorado Plateau 54 58 10 ...
Page xiii
... Strata , Libyan Desert ( J. Walther ) . 254 81 . Wind Erosion : Stages in the Erosion and Reduction of a Table ... Strata 87. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Inland • 259 . · 259 293 319 320 88. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping ...
... Strata , Libyan Desert ( J. Walther ) . 254 81 . Wind Erosion : Stages in the Erosion and Reduction of a Table ... Strata 87. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Inland • 259 . · 259 293 319 320 88. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping ...
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... strata represented consist of a great series of sandstones and shales with one prominent bed of limestone ( 1 ) at the top . In this case we cannot doubt that the horizontal bedding is original - that the strata were accumulated one ...
... strata represented consist of a great series of sandstones and shales with one prominent bed of limestone ( 1 ) at the top . In this case we cannot doubt that the horizontal bedding is original - that the strata were accumulated one ...
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... strata are arranged in the form of a truncated arch , or anticline . At X the FIG . 2 . Y SECTION ACROSS AN ANTICLINE . The upper continuous line , A - B , = surface of ground ; the lower continuous line , -D , = sea- level ; X ...
... strata are arranged in the form of a truncated arch , or anticline . At X the FIG . 2 . Y SECTION ACROSS AN ANTICLINE . The upper continuous line , A - B , = surface of ground ; the lower continuous line , -D , = sea- level ; X ...
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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