Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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Page iii
... whole subject . It is true that all geological text - books , and many manuals of geography , devote some space to its discussion , while not a few excellent treatises deal at large with one or more of its sub- divisions . Geological ...
... whole subject . It is true that all geological text - books , and many manuals of geography , devote some space to its discussion , while not a few excellent treatises deal at large with one or more of its sub- divisions . Geological ...
Page v
... whole history of geological opinion on the subject of which it treats may therefore be gath- ered from its pages . Prof. A. de Lapparent's Leçons de Géographie Phys- ique a most instructive and comprehensive outline of geo - morphology ...
... whole history of geological opinion on the subject of which it treats may therefore be gath- ered from its pages . Prof. A. de Lapparent's Leçons de Géographie Phys- ique a most instructive and comprehensive outline of geo - morphology ...
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... whole rainfall finds its way into subter- ranean courses , and the entire drainage of the land is conducted underground . The dimensions attained by many well - known limestone caverns , and the great width and depth of the channels ...
... whole rainfall finds its way into subter- ranean courses , and the entire drainage of the land is conducted underground . The dimensions attained by many well - known limestone caverns , and the great width and depth of the channels ...
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... whole land - surface of the globe is affected by the same . action . We may now consider the mechanical action of terrestrial water , by means of which the more or less insoluble residue of disintegrated rock is removed . Weathered rock ...
... whole land - surface of the globe is affected by the same . action . We may now consider the mechanical action of terrestrial water , by means of which the more or less insoluble residue of disintegrated rock is removed . Weathered rock ...
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... whole surface of sloping fields may be set in mo- tion . The soils creep , slide , and occasionally flow . Not infrequently also the subsoils and disintegrated rock - surfaces on steep inclinations collapse and slide into the valleys ...
... whole surface of sloping fields may be set in mo- tion . The soils creep , slide , and occasionally flow . Not infrequently also the subsoils and disintegrated rock - surfaces on steep inclinations collapse and slide into the valleys ...
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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