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Page vii
... Accumulation . PAGE I 18 44 CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF GENTLY INCLINED STRATA 73 Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and Strike - valleys- Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various directions of Es- carpments ...
... Accumulation . PAGE I 18 44 CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF GENTLY INCLINED STRATA 73 Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and Strike - valleys- Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various directions of Es- carpments ...
Page ix
... Accumulation — Fluvio- glacial deposits - Loess , origin of its materials - Glaciation of North America - Modifications of Surface produced by Glacial Action . CHAPTER XII LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY OLIAN ACTION Insolation and Deflation ...
... Accumulation — Fluvio- glacial deposits - Loess , origin of its materials - Glaciation of North America - Modifications of Surface produced by Glacial Action . CHAPTER XII LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY OLIAN ACTION Insolation and Deflation ...
Page x
... Accumulation and of Erosion - Plateaux of Accumulation and Erosion - Hills and Mountains : Original or Tectonic , and Sub- sequent or Relict Mountains - Valleys : Original or Tectonic , and Subsequent or Erosion Valleys - Basins - Coast ...
... Accumulation and of Erosion - Plateaux of Accumulation and Erosion - Hills and Mountains : Original or Tectonic , and Sub- sequent or Relict Mountains - Valleys : Original or Tectonic , and Subsequent or Erosion Valleys - Basins - Coast ...
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... - sist mainly of the products of water action . These last are typically represented by such rocks as con- glomerate , sandstone , and shale , which are only more or less ancient sediments , formed and accumulated in the INTRODUCTORY 3.
... - sist mainly of the products of water action . These last are typically represented by such rocks as con- glomerate , sandstone , and shale , which are only more or less ancient sediments , formed and accumulated in the INTRODUCTORY 3.
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James Geikie. or less ancient sediments , formed and accumulated in the same way as the gravel , sand , and mud of existing rivers , lakes , and seas . Another common rock of aqueous origin is limestone , of which there are count- less ...
James Geikie. or less ancient sediments , formed and accumulated in the same way as the gravel , sand , and mud of existing rivers , lakes , and seas . Another common rock of aqueous origin is limestone , of which there are count- less ...
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accumulation Alps anticlines basalt base-level basins become beds Carboniferous character cliffs coast-lines cones configuration Cretaceous crust crustal movements crystalline débris denudation deposits depressions depth detritus direction dislocations drainage elevation epigene action epigene agents eroded escarpments eventually feet fiords flexures flow fluvio-glacial deposits folds fracture gently geological structure glacial action glaciers gradually granite ground-moraines Highlands hills hollows horizontal strata ice-sheet igneous rocks inclined indented infrequently irregular islands joints Jura Mountains laccoliths lakes land land-forms land-surface lava less limestone low grounds masses materials Mesozoic modified moraines mountain-chain mountain-valleys mountains normal faults North Old Red Sandstone outcrops owe their origin Permian plain of erosion plateau regions relatively result ridges rock-basins rock-masses sand sandstones schistose schists Section sediment shales Silurian slopes Southern Uplands strata streams and rivers superficial surface surface-features synclinal tectonic tend thickness tion tracts traversed underground undulating usually valleys vertical volcanic