Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by form of Land - surface- Subordinate Influence of Marine Erosion . CHAPTER XVI CLASSIFICATION OF LAND - FORMS PAGE 315 . 335 Plains of Accumulation and of Erosion - Plateaux ...
... Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by form of Land - surface- Subordinate Influence of Marine Erosion . CHAPTER XVI CLASSIFICATION OF LAND - FORMS PAGE 315 . 335 Plains of Accumulation and of Erosion - Plateaux ...
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... irregular veins , dykes , sheets , or large amorphous masses . The lava - form rocks are often associated with beds of volcanic débris ( tuff , etc. ) . Some igneous rocks are smoothly compact in texture , such as obsidian and ...
... irregular veins , dykes , sheets , or large amorphous masses . The lava - form rocks are often associated with beds of volcanic débris ( tuff , etc. ) . Some igneous rocks are smoothly compact in texture , such as obsidian and ...
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... irregular usually are the joints which intersect hard slates and quartz- rock , these being divided generally much in the same way as schists and amorphous masses of crystalline igneous rock . There are not a few kinds of rock other ...
... irregular usually are the joints which intersect hard slates and quartz- rock , these being divided generally much in the same way as schists and amorphous masses of crystalline igneous rock . There are not a few kinds of rock other ...
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... 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 is termed , goes on without ceasing ...
... 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 is termed , goes on without ceasing ...
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... irregular surface . Some alluvial tracts , indeed , have been so cut up by rain and running water that , in the rough , rolling ground over which he toils , the traveller may find it hard to recognise the characteristic features of a ...
... irregular surface . Some alluvial tracts , indeed , have been so cut up by rain and running water that , in the rough , rolling ground over which he toils , the traveller may find it hard to recognise the characteristic features of a ...
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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