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... lands . CHAPTER VII LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS AFFECTED BY NORMAL FAULTS OR VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS Normal Faults , general features of - Their connection with Folds —Their origin — How they affect the Surface - Faults of the Colorado ...
... lands . CHAPTER VII LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS AFFECTED BY NORMAL FAULTS OR VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS Normal Faults , general features of - Their connection with Folds —Their origin — How they affect the Surface - Faults of the Colorado ...
Page ix
... LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY OLIAN ACTION Insolation and Deflation in the Sahara - Forms assumed by Gran- itoid Rocks and Horizontal and Inclined Strata - Reduction of Land- surface to a Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert ...
... LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY OLIAN ACTION Insolation and Deflation in the Sahara - Forms assumed by Gran- itoid Rocks and Horizontal and Inclined Strata - Reduction of Land- surface to a Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert ...
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... land - surface , entering abundantly into the composition of low grounds and mountains alike . Most of these derivatives are sedimentary accumula- tions , and very many are charged with the remains of animals and plants . By noting the ...
... land - surface , entering abundantly into the composition of low grounds and mountains alike . Most of these derivatives are sedimentary accumula- tions , and very many are charged with the remains of animals and plants . By noting the ...
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... land was believed to have been impressed upon it by plutonic agency . Indeed , in the case of certain mountain chains , we cannot fail to see that the larger features of such regions often correspond to a con- siderable extent with the ...
... land was believed to have been impressed upon it by plutonic agency . Indeed , in the case of certain mountain chains , we cannot fail to see that the larger features of such regions often correspond to a con- siderable extent with the ...
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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