Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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Page iii
... broad knowledge of the results arrived at by geologists as to the development of land - forms generally , no introductory treatise is available . Possibly , therefore , the present attempt to supply a deficiency may not be wholly ...
... broad knowledge of the results arrived at by geologists as to the development of land - forms generally , no introductory treatise is available . Possibly , therefore , the present attempt to supply a deficiency may not be wholly ...
Page 5
... broad acres of the earth's surface are occupied by the rocks belonging to one system only . In other countries two or more systems may be present . Again , each individual system is of very variable thickness - swelling out here ...
... broad acres of the earth's surface are occupied by the rocks belonging to one system only . In other countries two or more systems may be present . Again , each individual system is of very variable thickness - swelling out here ...
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... broad tracts as Brazil , the Canadian uplands , etc. , are of vast antiquity . Crys- talline schistose rocks , with associated granites and other igneous rocks , seem everywhere to underlie the sedimentary fossiliferous formations ...
... broad tracts as Brazil , the Canadian uplands , etc. , are of vast antiquity . Crys- talline schistose rocks , with associated granites and other igneous rocks , seem everywhere to underlie the sedimentary fossiliferous formations ...
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... broad plains that occupy the sites of silted- up lakes , the extensive deltas of such rivers as the Nile , the Po , the Amazon , the Mississippi , the narrow or wide belts of low - lying land which within INTRODUCTORY 7.
... broad plains that occupy the sites of silted- up lakes , the extensive deltas of such rivers as the Nile , the Po , the Amazon , the Mississippi , the narrow or wide belts of low - lying land which within INTRODUCTORY 7.
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... Broad areas of tem- perate Europe and North America have been scraped bare by ice - sheets , resembling those of Greenland and the Antarctic Circle . In more southern latitudes , the rotted rocks have escaped such abrasion and ...
... Broad areas of tem- perate Europe and North America have been scraped bare by ice - sheets , resembling those of Greenland and the Antarctic Circle . In more southern latitudes , the rotted rocks have escaped such abrasion and ...
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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