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Page viii
... determining Surface- features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks . PAGE 92 128 150 173 195 CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION Geological viii CONTENTS.
... determining Surface- features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks . PAGE 92 128 150 173 195 CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION Geological viii CONTENTS.
Page ix
... MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION ( continued ) . 232 Former Glacial conditions of Northern Europe - Extent of the old Inland Ice - Glacial character of Boulder - clay - Central Region of Glacial Erosion and Peripheral Area of Glacial ...
... MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION ( continued ) . 232 Former Glacial conditions of Northern Europe - Extent of the old Inland Ice - Glacial character of Boulder - clay - Central Region of Glacial Erosion and Peripheral Area of Glacial ...
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... 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 SCULPTURE.
... 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 SCULPTURE.
Page 31
... leached out at the surface and carried away by streams and rivers , it is obvious that in course of time the land cannot fail to have been con- siderably modified by chemical action alone . In point of AGENTS OF DENUDATION 31.
... leached out at the surface and carried away by streams and rivers , it is obvious that in course of time the land cannot fail to have been con- siderably modified by chemical action alone . In point of AGENTS OF DENUDATION 31.
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James Geikie. siderably modified by chemical action alone . In point of fact , it can be shown that from the surface of cer- tain regions hundreds of feet of various calcareous rocks have thus been gradually removed ; while in other ...
James Geikie. siderably modified by chemical action alone . In point of fact , it can be shown that from the surface of cer- tain regions hundreds of feet of various calcareous rocks have thus been gradually removed ; while in other ...
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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