Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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Page vii
... Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS ...
... Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS ...
Page viii
... determining Surface- features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks . PAGE 92 128 150 173 • 195 CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION Geological viii ...
... determining Surface- features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks . PAGE 92 128 150 173 • 195 CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION Geological viii ...
Page ix
... 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 COAST - LINES Form and general trend of CONTENTS ix.
... 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 COAST - LINES Form and general trend of CONTENTS ix.
Page x
... various forms assumed by Cliffs - Cliffs cut in Bedded and in Amorphous Rocks - Sea - caves- Flat Coast - lines and Coastal Plains - Indented or Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by form of Land - surface ...
... various forms assumed by Cliffs - Cliffs cut in Bedded and in Amorphous Rocks - Sea - caves- Flat Coast - lines and Coastal Plains - Indented or Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by form of Land - surface ...
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... various phases in the evolution of surface - features can be unfolded . No doubt the evidence is sometimes hard to read in all its details , but its general bearing can be readily apprehended . The salient facts , the principal data ...
... various phases in the evolution of surface - features can be unfolded . No doubt the evidence is sometimes hard to read in all its details , but its general bearing can be readily apprehended . The salient facts , the principal data ...
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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