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Page viii
... ACTION . Plutonic and Volcanic Rocks - Deformation of Surface caused by Intrusions - Laccoliths of Henry Mountains - Volcanoes , Structure and Form of Mud - cones - Geysers - Fissure - eruptions ... GLACIAL ACTION Geological viii CONTENTS.
... ACTION . Plutonic and Volcanic Rocks - Deformation of Surface caused by Intrusions - Laccoliths of Henry Mountains - Volcanoes , Structure and Form of Mud - cones - Geysers - Fissure - eruptions ... GLACIAL ACTION Geological viii CONTENTS.
Page ix
... action of Prehistoric Glaciers - General evi- dence supplied by Ancient Glaciers of the Alps . CHAPTER XI PAGE 212 LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION ( continued ) . 232 Former Glacial conditions of Northern Europe - Extent of the ...
... action of Prehistoric Glaciers - General evi- dence supplied by Ancient Glaciers of the Alps . CHAPTER XI PAGE 212 LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION ( continued ) . 232 Former Glacial conditions of Northern Europe - Extent of the ...
Page 27
... action of rain - water perco- lating from the surface . This is particularly ... glacial conditions . Broad areas of tem- perate Europe and North America ... glacial condi- tions , while in southern regions rock - decay has gone on ...
... action of rain - water perco- lating from the surface . This is particularly ... glacial conditions . Broad areas of tem- perate Europe and North America ... glacial condi- tions , while in southern regions rock - decay has gone on ...
Page 211
... more irregular and angular contours and outlines which obtained in preglacial ages are thus in process of gradual restoration . CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION GEOLOGICAL INFLUENCE OF ROCK CHARACTER 211.
... more irregular and angular contours and outlines which obtained in preglacial ages are thus in process of gradual restoration . CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION GEOLOGICAL INFLUENCE OF ROCK CHARACTER 211.
Page 212
James Geikie. CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION GEOLOGICAL ACTION OF EXISTING GLACIERS - EVIDENCE OF ERO- SION ORIGIN OF THE GROUND - MORAINE ITS INDEPENDENCE OF SURFACE - MORAINES - INFRAGLACIAL SMOOTHING AND POL- ISHING ...
James Geikie. CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION GEOLOGICAL ACTION OF EXISTING GLACIERS - EVIDENCE OF ERO- SION ORIGIN OF THE GROUND - MORAINE ITS INDEPENDENCE OF SURFACE - MORAINES - INFRAGLACIAL SMOOTHING AND POL- ISHING ...
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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