Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... surface - features , yet there is no English work to which readers not skilled in geology can turn for some general account of the whole subject . It is true that all geological text - books , and many manuals of geography , devote some ...
... surface - features , yet there is no English work to which readers not skilled in geology can turn for some general account of the whole subject . It is true that all geological text - books , and many manuals of geography , devote some ...
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... surface - features to geological structure have indeed become classical . Amongst these are Ramsay's notable paper , " On the Denuda- tion of South Wales and the Adjacent Counties of England " ( Memoirs Geological Survey of England ...
... surface - features to geological structure have indeed become classical . Amongst these are Ramsay's notable paper , " On the Denuda- tion of South Wales and the Adjacent Counties of England " ( Memoirs Geological Survey of England ...
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James Geikie. CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY Early views as to origin of Surface - features - Rocks and Rock- structures - Architecture of the Earth's Crust - General evidence of Rock - removal . CHAPTER II AGENTS OF DENUDATION Chemical ...
James Geikie. CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY Early views as to origin of Surface - features - Rocks and Rock- structures - Architecture of the Earth's Crust - General evidence of Rock - removal . CHAPTER II AGENTS OF DENUDATION Chemical ...
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... features of - Their connection with Folds -Their origin - How they affect the Surface - Faults of the Colorado region , and of the Great Basin - Depression of the Dead Sea and the Jordan - Lake Depressions of East Africa - Faults of ...
... features of - Their connection with Folds -Their origin - How they affect the Surface - Faults of the Colorado region , and of the Great Basin - Depression of the Dead Sea and the Jordan - Lake Depressions of East Africa - Faults of ...
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... the Structure and Formation of Surface - features prac- tically involves that of the Evolution of the Land . APPENDIX GLOSSARY INDEX . • 373 • 375 ˇ 387 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURE I. Section of Horizontal Strata 2 X CONTENTS.
... the Structure and Formation of Surface - features prac- tically involves that of the Evolution of the Land . APPENDIX GLOSSARY INDEX . • 373 • 375 ˇ 387 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURE I. Section of Horizontal Strata 2 X CONTENTS.
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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