Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... thickness swelling out here , thinning off there : in some lands being represented by strata many thou- sands of feet in thickness , in others dwindling down . to a few yards . In short , we may picture to ourselves each system as ...
... thickness swelling out here , thinning off there : in some lands being represented by strata many thou- sands of feet in thickness , in others dwindling down . to a few yards . In short , we may picture to ourselves each system as ...
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... thickness . Another evident mark of dis- turbance is furnished by the presence of dislocations , or faults , as they are technically termed , along the line of which the rocks have been shifted for , it may be , hundreds and sometimes ...
... thickness . Another evident mark of dis- turbance is furnished by the presence of dislocations , or faults , as they are technically termed , along the line of which the rocks have been shifted for , it may be , hundreds and sometimes ...
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... thickness of rocks thus re- moved can be proved to amount in many cases to thousands of feet . Not less striking is the evidence of rock - removal furnished by the phenomena of faults . At the sur- face there may be no inequality of ...
... thickness of rocks thus re- moved can be proved to amount in many cases to thousands of feet . Not less striking is the evidence of rock - removal furnished by the phenomena of faults . At the sur- face there may be no inequality of ...
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... thickness of rock removed from the surface of the land is sometimes to be measured by many thousands of feet , or even yards , we see at once that subterranean action cannot have been directly implicated in the spoliation of the land ...
... thickness of rock removed from the surface of the land is sometimes to be measured by many thousands of feet , or even yards , we see at once that subterranean action cannot have been directly implicated in the spoliation of the land ...
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... thickness . Some granites , for example , are reduced to a kind of gritty clay which may be dug with a spade . Argillaceous and silicious rocks are not so readily affected by the chemical action of rain . Not infre- quently , however ...
... thickness . Some granites , for example , are reduced to a kind of gritty clay which may be dug with a spade . Argillaceous and silicious rocks are not so readily affected by the chemical action of rain . Not infre- quently , however ...
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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