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... geological surveys are storehouses of information and instruction in physiographical geology . Some of these works that deal more especially with denuda- tion and the relation of surface - features to geological structure have indeed ...
... geological surveys are storehouses of information and instruction in physiographical geology . Some of these works that deal more especially with denuda- tion and the relation of surface - features to geological structure have indeed ...
Page viii
... structures in Regions of Mountain - uplift — General Structure of Mountains of Upheaval - Primeval Coincidence of Un ... Geological viii CONTENTS.
... structures in Regions of Mountain - uplift — General Structure of Mountains of Upheaval - Primeval Coincidence of Un ... Geological viii CONTENTS.
Page x
... Geological Structure on various forms assumed by Cliffs - Cliffs cut in Bedded and in Amorphous Rocks - Sea - caves- Flat Coast - lines and Coastal Plains - Indented or Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by ...
... Geological Structure on various forms assumed by Cliffs - Cliffs cut in Bedded and in Amorphous Rocks - Sea - caves- Flat Coast - lines and Coastal Plains - Indented or Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by ...
Page 8
... geological structure or arrangement of the rocks from the surface down to the level of the The strata represented consist of a great series of sandstones and shales with one prominent bed of limestone ( ) at the top . In this case we ...
... geological structure or arrangement of the rocks from the surface down to the level of the The strata represented consist of a great series of sandstones and shales with one prominent bed of limestone ( ) at the top . In this case we ...
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... geological structure , that earth - movements have shared in the production of surface - features , we must be convinced , at the same time , that some other factor has aided in the work of shaping out our lands . Earth - movements ...
... geological structure , that earth - movements have shared in the production of surface - features , we must be convinced , at the same time , that some other factor has aided in the work of shaping out our lands . Earth - movements ...
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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