Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... hard to understand how this conception arose . The earlier observers could not fail to be impressed by the evidence of former crustal disturbances which almost everywhere stared them in the face . Here they saw mountains . built up of ...
... hard to understand how this conception arose . The earlier observers could not fail to be impressed by the evidence of former crustal disturbances which almost everywhere stared them in the face . Here they saw mountains . built up of ...
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... . But with increased knowledge these views gradu- ally became modified . Eventually , it was recognised that no hard - and - fast line separates past and present . The belief in world - wide , or nearly world 2 EARTH SCULPTURE.
... . But with increased knowledge these views gradu- ally became modified . Eventually , it was recognised that no hard - and - fast line separates past and present . The belief in world - wide , or nearly world 2 EARTH SCULPTURE.
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... 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 - evident . In setting out ...
... 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 - evident . In setting out ...
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... By- and - by we shall learn that igneous and derivative rocks have in certain regions been subjected to many remarkable changes , and are in consequence so altered that it is often hard to detect their original 4 EARTH SCULPTURE.
... By- and - by we shall learn that igneous and derivative rocks have in certain regions been subjected to many remarkable changes , and are in consequence so altered that it is often hard to detect their original 4 EARTH SCULPTURE.
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James Geikie. altered that it is often hard to detect their original character . These altered masses form what are called the metamorphic rocks . They are typically repre- sented by such rocks as gneiss , mica - schist , clay - slate ...
James Geikie. altered that it is often hard to detect their original character . These altered masses form what are called the metamorphic rocks . They are typically repre- sented by such rocks as gneiss , mica - schist , clay - slate ...
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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