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Page vii
... Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF GENTLY INCLINED STRATA Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and ...
... Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF GENTLY INCLINED STRATA Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and ...
Page viii
... CHARACTER IN THE DETERMINA- TION OF LAND - FORMS Joints in Rocks and the part they play in determining Surface- features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks . PAGE ...
... CHARACTER IN THE DETERMINA- TION OF LAND - FORMS Joints in Rocks and the part they play in determining Surface- features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks . PAGE ...
Page ix
... character of Boulder - clay - Central Region of Glacial Erosion and Peripheral Area of Glacial Accumulation - Fluvio- glacial deposits - Loess , origin of its materials - Glaciation of North America - Modifications of Surface produced ...
... character of Boulder - clay - Central Region of Glacial Erosion and Peripheral Area of Glacial Accumulation - Fluvio- glacial deposits - Loess , origin of its materials - Glaciation of North America - Modifications of Surface produced ...
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... character , had at last become approximately stable - the occasional earthquakes and volcanic disturbances of recent times being looked upon as only the final manifestations of those forces which in earlier ages had been mainly ...
... character , had at last become approximately stable - the occasional earthquakes and volcanic disturbances of recent times being looked upon as only the final manifestations of those forces which in earlier ages had been mainly ...
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James Geikie. altered that it is often hard to detect their original character . These altered masses form what are called the metamorphic rocks . They are typically repre- sented by such rocks as gneiss , mica - schist , clay - slate ...
James Geikie. altered that it is often hard to detect their original character . These altered masses form what are called the metamorphic rocks . They are typically repre- sented by such rocks as gneiss , mica - schist , clay - slate ...
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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