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... Depression of the Dead Sea and the Jordan - Lake Depressions of East Africa - Faults of British Coal- fields - Bounding faults of Scottish Highlands and Lowlands — Fault- bounded Mountains - General conclusions . CHAPTER VIII LAND ...
... Depression of the Dead Sea and the Jordan - Lake Depressions of East Africa - Faults of British Coal- fields - Bounding faults of Scottish Highlands and Lowlands — Fault- bounded Mountains - General conclusions . CHAPTER VIII LAND ...
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... depression but an elevation . In the case of the horizontal strata shown in Fig . I we have no difficulty in perceiving that the present surface is not that of original deposition . It is impos- sible that sedimentary deposits could ...
... depression but an elevation . In the case of the horizontal strata shown in Fig . I we have no difficulty in perceiving that the present surface is not that of original deposition . It is impos- sible that sedimentary deposits could ...
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... depressions in question been formed by water - action alone . Everywhere , deep , cave - like hollows have been worn out in the rocks , and yet these hold no sediment or detritus , but are swept bare . The wind tends , in short , to ...
... depressions in question been formed by water - action alone . Everywhere , deep , cave - like hollows have been worn out in the rocks , and yet these hold no sediment or detritus , but are swept bare . The wind tends , in short , to ...
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... depressions . Eventu- ally , however , they are again put in motion , and by direct or circuitous route , as the case may be , find their way into the rivers , and finally come to rest in the ocean . The river - systems of the world ...
... depressions . Eventu- ally , however , they are again put in motion , and by direct or circuitous route , as the case may be , find their way into the rivers , and finally come to rest in the ocean . The river - systems of the world ...
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... depressions , and synclines by elevations . These phenomena are best developed when beds or masses of durable nature are intercalated in a series of more yielding rocks . In the accom- panying section ( Fig . 22 ) it will be 86 EARTH ...
... depressions , and synclines by elevations . These phenomena are best developed when beds or masses of durable nature are intercalated in a series of more yielding rocks . In the accom- panying section ( Fig . 22 ) it will be 86 EARTH ...
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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