Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... nature's forces . But with increased knowledge these views gradu- ally became modified . Eventually , it was recognised that no hard - and - fast line separates past and present . The belief in world - wide , or nearly world EARTH ...
... nature's forces . But with increased knowledge these views gradu- ally became modified . Eventually , it was recognised that no hard - and - fast line separates past and present . The belief in world - wide , or nearly world EARTH ...
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James Geikie. become gradually altered as they are traced down- wards , until eventually they themselves assume the aspect of crystalline schists , penetrated here and there by granitoid igneous rocks . The origin of those ancient ...
James Geikie. become gradually altered as they are traced down- wards , until eventually they themselves assume the aspect of crystalline schists , penetrated here and there by granitoid igneous rocks . The origin of those ancient ...
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... eventually assume the appearance of irregular blocks . supported upon pedestals . Mushroom - shaped rocks and hills of this kind are common in all desiccated rocky regions . The transporting action of the wind , or " deflation , " as it ...
... eventually assume the appearance of irregular blocks . supported upon pedestals . Mushroom - shaped rocks and hills of this kind are common in all desiccated rocky regions . The transporting action of the wind , or " deflation , " as it ...
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... eventually comes to the surface again through similar joints , etc. , opening upwards , and thus forms natural springs . All these springs contain mineral matter , derived from the chemical decomposition and solution of rock ...
... eventually comes to the surface again through similar joints , etc. , opening upwards , and thus forms natural springs . All these springs contain mineral matter , derived from the chemical decomposition and solution of rock ...
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... eventually denuded and planed down . When the work of erosion had been so far completed , the entire region again subsided , and formed the bed of a shallow sea . Under these conditions the drowned land - surface became overspread in ...
... eventually denuded and planed down . When the work of erosion had been so far completed , the entire region again subsided , and formed the bed of a shallow sea . Under these conditions the drowned land - surface became overspread in ...
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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