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Page vii
... valleys- Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various directions of Es- carpments - Synclinal Hills and Anticlinal Hollows - Anticlinal Hills . PAGE I 18 44 73 CHAPTER V LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HIGHLY FOLDED vii.
... valleys- Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various directions of Es- carpments - Synclinal Hills and Anticlinal Hollows - Anticlinal Hills . PAGE I 18 44 73 CHAPTER V LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HIGHLY FOLDED vii.
Page viii
... HIGHLY FOLDED AND DIS- TURBED STRATA ( continued ) . • Structure and Configuration of Plateaux of Erosion - Forms as- sumed under Denudation - Mountains of Circumdenudation - His- tory of certain Plateaux of Erosion - Southern Uplands ...
... HIGHLY FOLDED AND DIS- TURBED STRATA ( continued ) . • Structure and Configuration of Plateaux of Erosion - Forms as- sumed under Denudation - Mountains of Circumdenudation - His- tory of certain Plateaux of Erosion - Southern Uplands ...
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... Highly Denuded Volcano , Minto Hill , Roxburgshire Diagrammatic Section across the Valley of the Tay , near Dundee View of Mesa Verde and the Sierra el Late , Colorado ( Hayden's Re- port for 1875 ) 77 . 78 . • 175 • 176 177 188 . • 189 ...
... Highly Denuded Volcano , Minto Hill , Roxburgshire Diagrammatic Section across the Valley of the Tay , near Dundee View of Mesa Verde and the Sierra el Late , Colorado ( Hayden's Re- port for 1875 ) 77 . 78 . • 175 • 176 177 188 . • 189 ...
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... ments of the underlying rocks . In many elevated tracts , however , composed of highly disturbed and contorted strata , no such coincidence of surface - feat- ure and underground structure can be traced . The mountain INTRODUCTORY 13.
... ments of the underlying rocks . In many elevated tracts , however , composed of highly disturbed and contorted strata , no such coincidence of surface - feat- ure and underground structure can be traced . The mountain INTRODUCTORY 13.
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... highly flexed and con- torted strata as are to be met with in any mountainous country . Evidently , therefore , crustal movement is not the only factor in the production of surface - features . The sections already given will serve to ...
... highly flexed and con- torted strata as are to be met with in any mountainous country . Evidently , therefore , crustal movement is not the only factor in the production of surface - features . The sections already given will serve to ...
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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