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Page vii
... Hills and Anticlinal Hollows - Anticlinal Hills . PAGE I 18 44 73 CHAPTER V LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HIGHLY FOLDED vii.
... Hills and Anticlinal Hollows - Anticlinal Hills . PAGE I 18 44 73 CHAPTER V LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HIGHLY FOLDED vii.
Page ix
... hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust- Loess , a dust deposit - Lakes and Marshes of the Steppes . CHAPTER XIII LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY THE ACTION OF UNDER- GROUND WATER Dissolution of Rocks - Underground Water ...
... hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust- Loess , a dust deposit - Lakes and Marshes of the Steppes . CHAPTER XIII LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY THE ACTION OF UNDER- GROUND WATER Dissolution of Rocks - Underground Water ...
Page x
... Hills and Mountains : Original or Tectonic , and Sub- sequent or Relict Mountains - Valleys : Original or Tectonic , and Subsequent or Erosion Valleys - Basins - Coast - lines . CONCLUSION CHAPTER XVII PAGE 315 335 364 The study of the ...
... Hills and Mountains : Original or Tectonic , and Sub- sequent or Relict Mountains - Valleys : Original or Tectonic , and Subsequent or Erosion Valleys - Basins - Coast - lines . CONCLUSION CHAPTER XVII PAGE 315 335 364 The study of the ...
Page xi
... Hills and Synclinal Hill Section across West Lomond Hill and the Ochils 25. Synclinal Valley , West of Green River ( Powell ) 26. Anticlinal Ridge , Green River Plains ( Powell ) . 86 87 88 88 89 90 27 . Isoclinal Folds 28 . Isoclinal ...
... Hills and Synclinal Hill Section across West Lomond Hill and the Ochils 25. Synclinal Valley , West of Green River ( Powell ) 26. Anticlinal Ridge , Green River Plains ( Powell ) . 86 87 88 88 89 90 27 . Isoclinal Folds 28 . Isoclinal ...
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... 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 , . 190 • 203 79 . Wind ...
... 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 , . 190 • 203 79 . Wind ...
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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