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... Rivers of North America . By ISRAEL C. RUSSELL . Illustrated . 4. Earth Sculpture ; or , The Origin of Land Forms . By JAMES GEIKIE . Illustrated . 5. Volcanoes ; Their Structure and Significance . By T. G. BONNEY . Illustrated . 6 ...
... Rivers of North America . By ISRAEL C. RUSSELL . Illustrated . 4. Earth Sculpture ; or , The Origin of Land Forms . By JAMES GEIKIE . Illustrated . 5. Volcanoes ; Their Structure and Significance . By T. G. BONNEY . Illustrated . 6 ...
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... Rivers - Rate of Denudation - Denudation and Sedimentation go hand in hand . CHAPTER III LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HORIZONTAL STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of ...
... Rivers - Rate of Denudation - Denudation and Sedimentation go hand in hand . CHAPTER III LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HORIZONTAL STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of ...
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... Rivers - Æolian Basins - Drainage dis- turbed by Landslips - Glacial Basins of various kinds ; as in Corries , Mountain - valleys , Lowlands , and Plateaux - Ice - barrier Basins- Submarine Basins of Glacial Origin . 278 CHAPTER XV ...
... Rivers - Æolian Basins - Drainage dis- turbed by Landslips - Glacial Basins of various kinds ; as in Corries , Mountain - valleys , Lowlands , and Plateaux - Ice - barrier Basins- Submarine Basins of Glacial Origin . 278 CHAPTER XV ...
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... River - valley . . 10. Diagrammatic Section showing Stages of Erosion by a River cutting Section across Suderoe ( Faröe Islands ) on a true scale 13. Section through the Island shown in Fig . 12 15. Enlarged section of a portion of the ...
... River - valley . . 10. Diagrammatic Section showing Stages of Erosion by a River cutting Section across Suderoe ( Faröe Islands ) on a true scale 13. Section through the Island shown in Fig . 12 15. Enlarged section of a portion of the ...
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... rivers , lakes , and seas . Another common rock of aqueous origin is limestone , of which there are count- less varieties - some formed in lakes , like the shell- marls of our own day ; others representing the calcareous ooze and coral ...
... rivers , lakes , and seas . Another common rock of aqueous origin is limestone , of which there are count- less varieties - some formed in lakes , like the shell- marls of our own day ; others representing the calcareous ooze and coral ...
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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