Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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Page vii
... HORIZONTAL STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation ...
... HORIZONTAL STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation ...
Page ix
... Horizontal and Inclined Strata - Reduction of Land- surface to a Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert- Sand - hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust- Loess , a dust deposit - Lakes and Marshes of the ...
... Horizontal and Inclined Strata - Reduction of Land- surface to a Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert- Sand - hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust- Loess , a dust deposit - Lakes and Marshes of the ...
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... of the Structure and Formation of Surface - features prac- tically involves that of the Evolution of the Land . APPENDIX GLOSSARY INDEX . • 373 • 375 · 387 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURE I. Section of Horizontal Strata 2 X CONTENTS.
... of the Structure and Formation of Surface - features prac- tically involves that of the Evolution of the Land . APPENDIX GLOSSARY INDEX . • 373 • 375 · 387 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURE I. Section of Horizontal Strata 2 X CONTENTS.
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... Horizontal Strata ( after Captain Dutton ) . II . 12 . Map of an Island composed of Dome - shaped Strata . 14 . Section of River - valley . . 10. Diagrammatic Section showing Stages of Erosion by a River cutting Section across Suderoe ...
... Horizontal Strata ( after Captain Dutton ) . II . 12 . Map of an Island composed of Dome - shaped Strata . 14 . Section of River - valley . . 10. Diagrammatic Section showing Stages of Erosion by a River cutting Section across Suderoe ...
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... Horizontal Strata 259 Longitudinal Sections of Lake - basins on a true scale • 293 319 87. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Inland • 320 88. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Seaward 320 89. Sea - cliff cut in Beds dipping Seaward ...
... Horizontal Strata 259 Longitudinal Sections of Lake - basins on a true scale • 293 319 87. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Inland • 320 88. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Seaward 320 89. Sea - cliff cut in Beds dipping Seaward ...
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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