Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... Glaciers - Evidence of Erosion- Origin of the Ground - moraine : its independence of Surface - moraines -Infraglacial smoothing and polishing , crushing , shattering and plucking - Geological action of Prehistoric Glaciers - General evi ...
... Glaciers - Evidence of Erosion- Origin of the Ground - moraine : its independence of Surface - moraines -Infraglacial smoothing and polishing , crushing , shattering and plucking - Geological action of Prehistoric Glaciers - General evi ...
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... glaciers , and are thus clouded at their very origin . Others , again , cross several degrees of latitude , and traverse differ- ent climatic regions . Hence it will rarely happen that snow is not melting or rain falling in some part of ...
... glaciers , and are thus clouded at their very origin . Others , again , cross several degrees of latitude , and traverse differ- ent climatic regions . Hence it will rarely happen that snow is not melting or rain falling in some part of ...
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... glaciers in modifying the surfaces over which they flow . It can be shown that valleys have been widened and deepened , and broad areas more or less remodelled , by flowing ice , so that glaciers must not be ignored in any general ...
... glaciers in modifying the surfaces over which they flow . It can be shown that valleys have been widened and deepened , and broad areas more or less remodelled , by flowing ice , so that glaciers must not be ignored in any general ...
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... glaciers , that the smoothed and rounded surfaces are again breaking up , and the more irregular and angular contours and outlines which obtained in preglacial ages are thus in process of gradual restoration . CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS ...
... glaciers , that the smoothed and rounded surfaces are again breaking up , and the more irregular and angular contours and outlines which obtained in preglacial ages are thus in process of gradual restoration . CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS ...
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... GLACIERS - EVIDENCE OF ERO- SION ORIGIN OF THE GROUND - MORAINE ITS INDEPENDENCE OF SURFACE - MORAINES - INFRAGLACIAL SMOOTHING AND POL- ISHING , CRUSHING , SHATTERING , AND PLUCKING - GEOLOGI- CAL ACTION OF PREHISTORIC GLACIERS ...
... GLACIERS - EVIDENCE OF ERO- SION ORIGIN OF THE GROUND - MORAINE ITS INDEPENDENCE OF SURFACE - MORAINES - INFRAGLACIAL SMOOTHING AND POL- ISHING , CRUSHING , SHATTERING , AND PLUCKING - GEOLOGI- CAL ACTION OF PREHISTORIC GLACIERS ...
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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