Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... Mountain - uplift — General Structure of Mountains of Upheaval - Primeval Coincidence of Un- derground Structure and External Configuration - Relatively weak and strong Structures - Stages in the Erosion of a Mountain - chain- Forms ...
... Mountain - uplift — General Structure of Mountains of Upheaval - Primeval Coincidence of Un- derground Structure and External Configuration - Relatively weak and strong Structures - Stages in the Erosion of a Mountain - chain- Forms ...
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... 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 Structure ...
... 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 Structure ...
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... Mountains South of the Lake of Wallenstadt ( E. Fraas , after A. Heim ) 114 50 . Symmetrical Flexures of the Jura Mountains • 115 • 51. Section across Western part of the Jura Mountains ( P. Choffat ) 52. Section across part of the ...
... Mountains South of the Lake of Wallenstadt ( E. Fraas , after A. Heim ) 114 50 . Symmetrical Flexures of the Jura Mountains • 115 • 51. Section across Western part of the Jura Mountains ( P. Choffat ) 52. Section across part of the ...
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... Mountain of Granite · Plain of Granite overlooked by Mountains of Schists , etc. Diagrammatic Section of a Laccolith showing Dome - shaped Eleva- tion of Surface above the Intrusive Rock ( after G. K. Gilbert ) View of Necks - Cores of ...
... Mountain of Granite · Plain of Granite overlooked by Mountains of Schists , etc. Diagrammatic Section of a Laccolith showing Dome - shaped Eleva- tion of Surface above the Intrusive Rock ( after G. K. Gilbert ) View of Necks - Cores of ...
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... mountains far removed from any sea . It was these and similar striking contrasts between the present and the past which doubtless induced the belief that the earth's crust , after having passed through many revolutions more or less ...
... mountains far removed from any sea . It was these and similar striking contrasts between the present and the past which doubtless induced the belief that the earth's crust , after having passed through many revolutions more or less ...
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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