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... evidence of Rock - removal . CHAPTER II AGENTS OF DENUDATION Chemical composition of Rocks - Epigene Agents - Insolation and Deflation - Chemical and mechanical action of Rain - Action of Frost ; of Plants and Animals ; of underground ...
... evidence of Rock - removal . CHAPTER II AGENTS OF DENUDATION Chemical composition of Rocks - Epigene Agents - Insolation and Deflation - Chemical and mechanical action of Rain - Action of Frost ; of Plants and Animals ; of underground ...
Page ix
... Evidence of Erosion- Origin of the Ground - moraine : its independence of Surface - moraines -Infraglacial smoothing and polishing , crushing , shattering and plucking - Geological action of Prehistoric Glaciers - General evi- dence ...
... Evidence of Erosion- Origin of the Ground - moraine : its independence of Surface - moraines -Infraglacial smoothing and polishing , crushing , shattering and plucking - Geological action of Prehistoric Glaciers - General evi- dence ...
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... EVIDENCE OF ROCK - REMOVAL . WH HEN geologists began to inquire into the origin of surface - features , they were at first led to believe that the more striking and prominent of these had come into existence under the operation of ...
... EVIDENCE OF ROCK - REMOVAL . WH HEN geologists began to inquire into the origin of surface - features , they were at first led to believe that the more striking and prominent of these had come into existence under the operation of ...
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... evidence is sometimes hard to read in all its details , but its general bearing can be readily apprehended . The salient facts , the principal data , are conspicuous enough , and the mode of their interpretation is in a manner self ...
... evidence is sometimes hard to read in all its details , but its general bearing can be readily apprehended . The salient facts , the principal data , are conspicuous enough , and the mode of their interpretation is in a manner self ...
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... evidence of rock - removal furnished by the phenomena of faults . At the sur- face there may be no inequality of level corresponding to that seen below ( see Fig . 5 ) . Obviously , how- ever , a considerable thickness of rock has ...
... evidence of rock - removal furnished by the phenomena of faults . At the sur- face there may be no inequality of level corresponding to that seen below ( see Fig . 5 ) . Obviously , how- ever , a considerable thickness of rock has ...
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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