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... hand in hand . CHAPTER III LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HORIZONTAL STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by ...
... hand in hand . CHAPTER III LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HORIZONTAL STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by ...
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... hand side , were formerly continuous with the corresponding beds on the other side of the fault . From the facts now briefly set forth we may draw certain conclusions . In the first place , the extensive geographical range of the ...
... hand side , were formerly continuous with the corresponding beds on the other side of the fault . From the facts now briefly set forth we may draw certain conclusions . In the first place , the extensive geographical range of the ...
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... HAND IN HAND . THE ' HE present , geologists tell us , contains the key to the past . If we wish to find out how rocks have been removed , and what has since become of them , we must observe what is taking place under the influence of ...
... HAND IN HAND . THE ' HE present , geologists tell us , contains the key to the past . If we wish to find out how rocks have been removed , and what has since become of them , we must observe what is taking place under the influence of ...
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... hand , the land - surface is plain - like , or gently undu- lating , and the drainage sluggish , weathered materials are not so readily removed . Nevertheless , under the influence of rain alone , or of rain and melting snow , the ...
... hand , the land - surface is plain - like , or gently undu- lating , and the drainage sluggish , weathered materials are not so readily removed . Nevertheless , under the influence of rain alone , or of rain and melting snow , the ...
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... hand in hand . hand in hand . When we bear in mind that the average thickness of the sedimentary rocks which overspread so large an area of the dry lands of the globe cannot be less than 8000 or 10,000 feet , we cannot fail to be ...
... hand in hand . hand in hand . When we bear in mind that the average thickness of the sedimentary rocks which overspread so large an area of the dry lands of the globe cannot be less than 8000 or 10,000 feet , we cannot fail to be ...
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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