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Page 58
... Mesozoic , and Cainozoic rocks ) , until they are buried at last to a depth of 10,000 feet and more . Now Captain Dutton has shown that this vast thickness of over- lying strata formerly extended throughout the whole Grand Cańon ...
... Mesozoic , and Cainozoic rocks ) , until they are buried at last to a depth of 10,000 feet and more . Now Captain Dutton has shown that this vast thickness of over- lying strata formerly extended throughout the whole Grand Cańon ...
Page 160
... Mesozoic strata of the plateau retain their approximately horizontal po- sition close up to the depression along its eastern margin , while the descent from the west is much less abrupt . But this is only broadly true . When the region ...
... Mesozoic strata of the plateau retain their approximately horizontal po- sition close up to the depression along its eastern margin , while the descent from the west is much less abrupt . But this is only broadly true . When the region ...
Page 163
... Mesozoic strata . In the Vosges the dip of these strata is westerly , while the corresponding rocks in the Black Forest are inclined . towards the east . Between the two ranges , as every- one knows , lies the basin of the upper Rhine ...
... Mesozoic strata . In the Vosges the dip of these strata is westerly , while the corresponding rocks in the Black Forest are inclined . towards the east . Between the two ranges , as every- one knows , lies the basin of the upper Rhine ...
Page 164
... Mesozoic strata ) . downthrows in opposite di- rections . As a result of these displacements the Rhenish basin came into existence , while the rock - masses along its margins were pushed up to form the ranges of the Vosges and the Black ...
... Mesozoic strata ) . downthrows in opposite di- rections . As a result of these displacements the Rhenish basin came into existence , while the rock - masses along its margins were pushed up to form the ranges of the Vosges and the Black ...
Page 165
... Mesozoic strata in the basin of the Rhine shows that these must formerly have extended continuously over the adjacent tracts . Yet they have since been largely denuded away from the higher parts of the Vosges and the Black Forest , so ...
... Mesozoic strata in the basin of the Rhine shows that these must formerly have extended continuously over the adjacent tracts . Yet they have since been largely denuded away from the higher parts of the Vosges and the Black Forest , so ...
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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