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Page vii
... valleys and Strike - 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 and Strike - 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 xi
... Plateau ( Powell ) Diagrammatic Section across Colorado Plateau through Horizontal Strata ( after Captain Dutton ) . II . 12 . Map of an Island composed of Dome - shaped Strata . 14 . Section of River - valley . . 10. Diagrammatic ...
... Plateau ( Powell ) Diagrammatic Section across Colorado Plateau through Horizontal Strata ( after Captain Dutton ) . II . 12 . Map of an Island composed of Dome - shaped Strata . 14 . Section of River - valley . . 10. Diagrammatic ...
Page xii
... Plateau of Erosion 58. Section across portion of Southern Uplands , showing Old Red Sand- stone resting upon Plain of Erosion 59. Section from Glen Lyon to Carn Chois ( Geol . Survey ) • 117 118 120 126 " • • 129 • 136 • 146 60. Section ...
... Plateau of Erosion 58. Section across portion of Southern Uplands , showing Old Red Sand- stone resting upon Plain of Erosion 59. Section from Glen Lyon to Carn Chois ( Geol . Survey ) • 117 118 120 126 " • • 129 • 136 • 146 60. Section ...
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... plateau of the Grand Cañon district of Arizona and Utah . This plateau occupies an area of between 13,000 and 16,000 square miles , and is traversed by the Colorado River of the West , which follows a tortuous course tow- ards west ...
... plateau of the Grand Cañon district of Arizona and Utah . This plateau occupies an area of between 13,000 and 16,000 square miles , and is traversed by the Colorado River of the West , which follows a tortuous course tow- ards west ...
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... PLATEAU . ( Powell . ) Strata approximately horizontal , but showing a few simple flexures ( monoclinal folds ) and normal faults . north - east , while the slope of the surface is in the opposite direction . Thus it comes to pass that ...
... PLATEAU . ( Powell . ) Strata approximately horizontal , but showing a few simple flexures ( monoclinal folds ) and normal faults . north - east , while the slope of the surface is in the opposite direction . Thus it comes to pass that ...
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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