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Page vii
... valleys and Strike - valleys- Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various directions of Es- carpments - Synclinal Hills and Anticlinal Hollows - Anticlinal Hills . CHAPTER V LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HIGHLY FOLDED vii.
... valleys and Strike - valleys- Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various directions of Es- carpments - Synclinal Hills and Anticlinal Hollows - Anticlinal Hills . CHAPTER V LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HIGHLY FOLDED vii.
Page xi
... Plateau of Erosion Section across reduced Plateau of Erosion Longitudinal Section of River Course 19. Section of Escarpments and Outliers 20. Section across the Wealdean Area ( Ramsay ) Section across Permian Volcanic Basin , Ayrshire ...
... Plateau of Erosion Section across reduced Plateau of Erosion Longitudinal Section of River Course 19. Section of Escarpments and Outliers 20. Section across the Wealdean Area ( Ramsay ) Section across Permian Volcanic Basin , Ayrshire ...
Page xii
... Plateau of Erosion · 120 126 129 58. Section across portion of Southern Uplands , showing Old Red Sand- stone resting upon Plain of Erosion 136 59. Section from Glen Lyon to Carn Chois ( Geol . Survey ) 60. Section of Normal Fault ...
... Plateau of Erosion · 120 126 129 58. Section across portion of Southern Uplands , showing Old Red Sand- stone resting upon Plain of Erosion 136 59. Section from Glen Lyon to Carn Chois ( Geol . Survey ) 60. Section of Normal Fault ...
Page 53
... plateau of the Grand Cañon district of Arizona and Utah . This plateau occupies an area of between 13,000 and 16,000 square miles , and is traversed by the Colorado River of the West , which follows a tortuous course tow- ards west ...
... plateau of the Grand Cañon district of Arizona and Utah . This plateau occupies an area of between 13,000 and 16,000 square miles , and is traversed by the Colorado River of the West , which follows a tortuous course tow- ards west ...
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... PLATEAU . ( Powell . ) Strata approximately horizontal , but showing a few simple flexures ( monoclinal folds ) and normal faults . it comes to pass that strata which lie open to the day upon the south - west mar- gin of the plateau ...
... PLATEAU . ( Powell . ) Strata approximately horizontal , but showing a few simple flexures ( monoclinal folds ) and normal faults . it comes to pass that strata which lie open to the day upon the south - west mar- gin of the plateau ...
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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