Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... lands . CHAPTER VII LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS AFFECTED BY NORMAL FAULTS OR VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS • Normal Faults , general features of - Their connection with Folds -Their origin - How they affect the Surface - Faults of the Colorado ...
... lands . CHAPTER VII LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS AFFECTED BY NORMAL FAULTS OR VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS • Normal Faults , general features of - Their connection with Folds -Their origin - How they affect the Surface - Faults of the Colorado ...
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... LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY OLIAN ACTION . Insolation and Deflation in the Sahara - Forms assumed by Gran- itoid Rocks and Horizontal and Inclined Strata - Reduction of Land- surface to a Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert ...
... LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY OLIAN ACTION . Insolation and Deflation in the Sahara - Forms assumed by Gran- itoid Rocks and Horizontal and Inclined Strata - Reduction of Land- surface to a Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert ...
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... land - surface , entering abundantly into the composition of low grounds and mountains alike . Most of these derivatives are sedimentary accumula- tions , and very many are charged with the remains of animals and plants . By noting the ...
... land - surface , entering abundantly into the composition of low grounds and mountains alike . Most of these derivatives are sedimentary accumula- tions , and very many are charged with the remains of animals and plants . By noting the ...
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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