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Page vii
... Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . PAGE I 18 44 CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF GENTLY INCLINED STRATA 73 Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and Strike - valleys- Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various ...
... Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . PAGE I 18 44 CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF GENTLY INCLINED STRATA 73 Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and Strike - valleys- Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various ...
Page ix
... Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert- Sand - hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust- Loess , a dust deposit - Lakes and Marshes of the Steppes . CHAPTER XIII LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY THE ACTION OF UNDER ...
... Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert- Sand - hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust- Loess , a dust deposit - Lakes and Marshes of the Steppes . CHAPTER XIII LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY THE ACTION OF UNDER ...
Page x
... Plains - Indented or 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 ...
... Plains - Indented or 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 ...
Page xi
... Plains ( Powell ) . Isoclinal Folds 27 . 28. Isoclinal Folds II • · 41 · 51 54 58 • 88 62 69 74 • 74 75 77 78 79 80 84 84 86 87 88 88 89 90 93 94 29 . Isoclinal Folds 94 30 . Overfold passing into Reversed Fault , or Overthrust 95 xii ...
... Plains ( Powell ) . Isoclinal Folds 27 . 28. Isoclinal Folds II • · 41 · 51 54 58 • 88 62 69 74 • 74 75 77 78 79 80 84 84 86 87 88 88 89 90 93 94 29 . Isoclinal Folds 94 30 . Overfold passing into Reversed Fault , or Overthrust 95 xii ...
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... Plain of Erosion 136 59. Section from Glen Lyon to Carn Chois ( Geol . Survey ) 60. Section of Normal Fault . • 61. Normal Fault , with High Ground on Downthrow Side 62. Normal Fault , with High Ground on Upcast Side . 63. Faults in ...
... Plain of Erosion 136 59. Section from Glen Lyon to Carn Chois ( Geol . Survey ) 60. Section of Normal Fault . • 61. Normal Fault , with High Ground on Downthrow Side 62. Normal Fault , with High Ground on Upcast Side . 63. Faults 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