Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... Tectonic , and Sub- sequent or Relict Mountains - Valleys : Original or Tectonic , and Subsequent or Erosion Valleys - Basins - Coast - lines . PAGE 315 335 CONCLUSION CHAPTER XVII The study of the Structure and Formation of Surface ...
... Tectonic , and Sub- sequent or Relict Mountains - Valleys : Original or Tectonic , and Subsequent or Erosion Valleys - Basins - Coast - lines . PAGE 315 335 CONCLUSION CHAPTER XVII The study of the Structure and Formation of Surface ...
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... Tectonic basins . 2. Volcanic 3. Dissolution 4. Alluvial 66 66 5. Æolian 66 6. Rock - fall 66 66 7. Glacial 1. Tectonic Basins . These owe their origin di- rectly to deformation of the earth's crust , whether the result of warping or of ...
... Tectonic basins . 2. Volcanic 3. Dissolution 4. Alluvial 66 66 5. Æolian 66 6. Rock - fall 66 66 7. Glacial 1. Tectonic Basins . These owe their origin di- rectly to deformation of the earth's crust , whether the result of warping or of ...
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... tectonic movements carry down a honeycombed calcareous region so that its basal portions sink below the sea - level , the mete- oric water descending from the surface will be dammed back in sinks and other hollows . The water - surface ...
... tectonic movements carry down a honeycombed calcareous region so that its basal portions sink below the sea - level , the mete- oric water descending from the surface will be dammed back in sinks and other hollows . The water - surface ...
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James Geikie. floor of the great oceanic troughs , all of which are doubtless tectonic . The hollows to which we would now refer are certain relatively smaller basins occur- ring in immediate proximity to the shores of recently depressed ...
James Geikie. floor of the great oceanic troughs , all of which are doubtless tectonic . The hollows to which we would now refer are certain relatively smaller basins occur- ring in immediate proximity to the shores of recently depressed ...
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... TECTONIC , AND SUBSEQUENT OR RELICT MOUNT- AINS VALLEYS ; ORIGINAL OR TECTONIC , AND SUBSEQUENT OR EROSION VALLEYS - BASINS - COAST - LINES . WE E have now passed in rapid review the more salient and notable features of the land - sur ...
... TECTONIC , AND SUBSEQUENT OR RELICT MOUNT- AINS VALLEYS ; ORIGINAL OR TECTONIC , AND SUBSEQUENT OR EROSION VALLEYS - BASINS - COAST - LINES . WE E have now passed in rapid review the more salient and notable features of the land - sur ...
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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