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... Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and Strike - valleys- Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various directions of Es- carpments - Synclinal Hills and Anticlinal Hollows - Anticlinal Hills . PAGE I 18 44 73 CHAPTER V LAND ...
... Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and Strike - valleys- Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various directions of Es- carpments - Synclinal Hills and Anticlinal Hollows - Anticlinal Hills . PAGE I 18 44 73 CHAPTER V LAND ...
Page xi
... Escarpments and Outliers 20 . Section across the Wealdean Area ( Ramsay ) 79 80 84 84 24 . 21. Section across Permian Volcanic Basin , Ayrshire 22. Synclinal Hills and Anticlinal Valleys 23. Escarpment Hills and Synclinal Hill Section ...
... Escarpments and Outliers 20 . Section across the Wealdean Area ( Ramsay ) 79 80 84 84 24 . 21. Section across Permian Volcanic Basin , Ayrshire 22. Synclinal Hills and Anticlinal Valleys 23. Escarpment Hills and Synclinal Hill Section ...
Page xii
... Escarpments and Ridges 56. Structure of the Ardennes ( after Cornet and Briart ) . 57. Diagrammatic Section across a Plateau of Erosion 58. Section across portion of Southern Uplands , showing Old Red Sand- stone resting upon Plain of ...
... Escarpments and Ridges 56. Structure of the Ardennes ( after Cornet and Briart ) . 57. Diagrammatic Section across a Plateau of Erosion 58. Section across portion of Southern Uplands , showing Old Red Sand- stone resting upon Plain of ...
Page 73
... escarpments , while others may traverse the land along the base of the escarpments . The origin of these phenomena is not hard to trace . Let us suppose that some wide tract of horizontal strata has been elevated along an axis so as to ...
... escarpments , while others may traverse the land along the base of the escarpments . The origin of these phenomena is not hard to trace . Let us suppose that some wide tract of horizontal strata has been elevated along an axis so as to ...
Page 76
... hills , we shall have a series of heights presenting escarpments towards the watershed and long slopes in the opposite direction . ( Fig . 15. ) Eventually these will largely disappear , and the whole region 76 EARTH SCULPTURE.
... hills , we shall have a series of heights presenting escarpments towards the watershed and long slopes in the opposite direction . ( Fig . 15. ) Eventually these will largely disappear , and the whole region 76 EARTH SCULPTURE.
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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