Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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Page vii
... action of Rain - Action of Frost ; of Plants and Animals ; of underground Water ; of Brooks and Rivers - Rate of Denudation - Denudation and Sedimentation go hand in hand . CHAPTER III LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HORIZONTAL STRATA ...
... action of Rain - Action of Frost ; of Plants and Animals ; of underground Water ; of Brooks and Rivers - Rate of Denudation - Denudation and Sedimentation go hand in hand . CHAPTER III LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HORIZONTAL STRATA ...
Page viii
... ACTION . Plutonic and Volcanic Rocks - Deformation of Surface caused by Intrusions - Laccoliths of Henry Mountains - Volcanoes , Structure and Form of Mud - cones - Geysers - Fissure - eruptions - Volcanic Plateaux - Denudation of ...
... ACTION . Plutonic and Volcanic Rocks - Deformation of Surface caused by Intrusions - Laccoliths of Henry Mountains - Volcanoes , Structure and Form of Mud - cones - Geysers - Fissure - eruptions - Volcanic Plateaux - Denudation of ...
Page ix
James Geikie. CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION Geological action of existing Glaciers - Evidence of Erosion- Origin of the Ground - moraine : its independence of Surface - moraines -Infraglacial smoothing and polishing ...
James Geikie. CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION Geological action of existing Glaciers - Evidence of Erosion- Origin of the Ground - moraine : its independence of Surface - moraines -Infraglacial smoothing and polishing ...
Page 3
... action of forces that are still in operation , and by observation and reasoning the history of the various phases in the evolution of surface - features can be unfolded . No doubt the evidence is sometimes hard to read in all its ...
... action of forces that are still in operation , and by observation and reasoning the history of the various phases in the evolution of surface - features can be unfolded . No doubt the evidence is sometimes hard to read in all its ...
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... action may now and again have resulted in wide - spread shattering of rocks at the surface , but such action could not have caused the broken material to disappear . Further , when we bear in mind that the thickness of rock removed from ...
... action may now and again have resulted in wide - spread shattering of rocks at the surface , but such action could not have caused the broken material to disappear . Further , when we bear in mind that the thickness of rock removed from ...
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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