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... Anticline . PAGE • 7 • 9 3 . Section across Normal Anticlines and Synclines ΙΟ · 4 . Section across Anticlines and Synclines with Inclined Axes ΙΟ • 7. Section across a series of Alluvial Terraces 9 . 10 . 17 . 18 . 21 . 5. Section ...
... Anticline . PAGE • 7 • 9 3 . Section across Normal Anticlines and Synclines ΙΟ · 4 . Section across Anticlines and Synclines with Inclined Axes ΙΟ • 7. Section across a series of Alluvial Terraces 9 . 10 . 17 . 18 . 21 . 5. Section ...
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... anticline ; in other words , the anticlinal axis ( X - Y ) is vertical . From A to B the distance we shall suppose is six miles . The succeeding section ( Fig . 3 ) we shall take to be of equal length . Here we have a succession of ...
... anticline ; in other words , the anticlinal axis ( X - Y ) is vertical . From A to B the distance we shall suppose is six miles . The succeeding section ( Fig . 3 ) we shall take to be of equal length . Here we have a succession of ...
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... anticline ; while in Fig . 3 , representing B FIG . 3 . SECTION ACROSS SYMMETRICAL ANTICLINES AND SYNCLINES . Upper continuous line , A - B , = surface of ground ; lower continuous line , C - D , = sea - level ; a a , anticlines ; ss ...
... anticline ; while in Fig . 3 , representing B FIG . 3 . SECTION ACROSS SYMMETRICAL ANTICLINES AND SYNCLINES . Upper continuous line , A - B , = surface of ground ; lower continuous line , C - D , = sea - level ; a a , anticlines ; ss ...
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James Geikie. Fig . 4 , for example , most of the anticlines and syn- clines lean over to one side , and this to such a de- gree , that here and there upper beds are doubled un- der older beds of the same series of strata ; in other ...
James Geikie. Fig . 4 , for example , most of the anticlines and syn- clines lean over to one side , and this to such a de- gree , that here and there upper beds are doubled un- der older beds of the same series of strata ; in other ...
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... anticlines been truncated ? What power has removed the strata from the high side of a fault ? What , in a word , has produced that trunca- tion and discontinuity of beds which is so common a feature of derivative rocks all the world ...
... anticlines been truncated ? What power has removed the strata from the high side of a fault ? What , in a word , has produced that trunca- tion and discontinuity of beds which is so common a feature of derivative rocks all the world ...
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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