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... Glacial Erosion and Peripheral Area of Glacial Accumulation - Fluvio- glacial deposits - Loess , origin of its materials - Glaciation of North America - Modifications of Surface produced by Glacial Action . CHAPTER XII LAND - FORMS ...
... Glacial Erosion and Peripheral Area of Glacial Accumulation - Fluvio- glacial deposits - Loess , origin of its materials - Glaciation of North America - Modifications of Surface produced by Glacial Action . CHAPTER XII LAND - FORMS ...
Page 226
... ice as an agent of erosion and transport . The study of modern glacial action is ... fluvio - glacial gravels spread out in front of it . Such facts have led ... deposits sediment ; but , by following the process of reasoning just alluded ...
... ice as an agent of erosion and transport . The study of modern glacial action is ... fluvio - glacial gravels spread out in front of it . Such facts have led ... deposits sediment ; but , by following the process of reasoning just alluded ...
Page 232
... GLACIAL ACCUMULATION FLUVIO - GLACIAL DEPOSITS - LOESS , ORIGIN OF ITS MATERIALS - GLACIATION OF NORTH AMERICA - MODIFICATIONS OF SURFACE PRODUCED BY GLACIAL ACTION . IF a study of the glacial and fluvio - glacial deposits of the Alpine ...
... GLACIAL ACCUMULATION FLUVIO - GLACIAL DEPOSITS - LOESS , ORIGIN OF ITS MATERIALS - GLACIATION OF NORTH AMERICA - MODIFICATIONS OF SURFACE PRODUCED BY GLACIAL ACTION . IF a study of the glacial and fluvio - glacial deposits of the Alpine ...
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... fluvio - glacial deposits reach their greatest development . Under the ice - sheet rock - grinding and rock - shatter- ing were carried on side by side . No doubt the boulder - clays frequently rest upon a smoothed and drumlins of South ...
... fluvio - glacial deposits reach their greatest development . Under the ice - sheet rock - grinding and rock - shatter- ing were carried on side by side . No doubt the boulder - clays frequently rest upon a smoothed and drumlins of South ...
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... glacial erosion . With them are frequently associated beds of gravel and ... fluvio- glacial detritus of the Alpine Vorländer , fringe the margins of the ... deposits of North Germany necessarily vary in thickness . Sometimes they are ...
... glacial erosion . With them are frequently associated beds of gravel and ... fluvio- glacial detritus of the Alpine Vorländer , fringe the margins of the ... deposits of North Germany necessarily vary in thickness . Sometimes they are ...
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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