Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... short , we may picture to ourselves each system as consisting of a series of larger and smaller lenticular sheets , irregularly distributed over 1 See Appendix for Table of Geological Systems . the earth's surface . The various systems ...
... short , we may picture to ourselves each system as consisting of a series of larger and smaller lenticular sheets , irregularly distributed over 1 See Appendix for Table of Geological Systems . the earth's surface . The various systems ...
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... short , rocks are being assaulted and reduced . But in order to bring this fact more forcibly before the reader , it will be well to sketch , as briefly as may be , the general character of the warfare which is being waged against rocks ...
... short , rocks are being assaulted and reduced . But in order to bring this fact more forcibly before the reader , it will be well to sketch , as briefly as may be , the general character of the warfare which is being waged against rocks ...
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... short , they occupy a very subordinate place in the architecture of the earth's crust . We have now to consider how the superficial or epigene agents attack and reduce rocks . And first , we may note that rocks at the surface are ...
... short , they occupy a very subordinate place in the architecture of the earth's crust . We have now to consider how the superficial or epigene agents attack and reduce rocks . And first , we may note that rocks at the surface are ...
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... short , to transport all loose material from the scene of its origin to the borders of the desert . In latitudes like our own , insolation doubtless shares in the disintegration of rocks , but the most conspicu- ous agent employed in ...
... short , to transport all loose material from the scene of its origin to the borders of the desert . In latitudes like our own , insolation doubtless shares in the disintegration of rocks , but the most conspicu- ous agent employed in ...
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... short , tend to fall an easy prey . If they contain few or no impurities , they " weather " with little or no crust ; the rock is simply dissolved . Lime- stones , however , are seldom quite so pure as this , but are usually impregnated ...
... short , tend to fall an easy prey . If they contain few or no impurities , they " weather " with little or no crust ; the rock is simply dissolved . Lime- stones , however , are seldom quite so pure as this , but are usually impregnated ...
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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