Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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Page vii
... Rocks and Rock- structures - Architecture of the Earth's Crust - General evidence of Rock - removal . CHAPTER II AGENTS OF DENUDATION Chemical composition of Rocks - Epigene Agents - Insolation and Deflation - Chemical and mechanical ...
... Rocks and Rock- structures - Architecture of the Earth's Crust - General evidence of Rock - removal . CHAPTER II AGENTS OF DENUDATION Chemical composition of Rocks - Epigene Agents - Insolation and Deflation - Chemical and mechanical ...
Page viii
... ROCK CHARACTER IN THE DETERMINA- TION OF LAND - FORMS Joints in Rocks and the part they play in determining Surface- features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks ...
... ROCK CHARACTER IN THE DETERMINA- TION OF LAND - FORMS Joints in Rocks and the part they play in determining Surface- features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks ...
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... rocks of terrestrial origin , such , for example , as many beds and seams of peat , lignite , and coal , which are simply the vegetable débris of old land - surfaces . To these land - formed beds we may add certain sandstones of wind ...
... rocks of terrestrial origin , such , for example , as many beds and seams of peat , lignite , and coal , which are simply the vegetable débris of old land - surfaces . To these land - formed beds we may add certain sandstones of wind ...
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... rocks . They are typically repre- sented by such rocks as gneiss , mica - schist , clay - slate , etc. The derivative rocks , with which in many regions igneous rocks are associated , occupy by far the larger portion of the land ...
... rocks . They are typically repre- sented by such rocks as gneiss , mica - schist , clay - slate , etc. The derivative rocks , with which in many regions igneous rocks are associated , occupy by far the larger portion of the land ...
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... rocks do not appear at the sur- face over such extensive areas as those just referred Nevertheless , they are widely distributed , and now and again overspread continuously vast regions . The enormous tract that extends from the Great ...
... rocks do not appear at the sur- face over such extensive areas as those just referred Nevertheless , they are widely distributed , and now and again overspread continuously vast regions . The enormous tract that extends from the Great ...
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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