Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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Page ix
... Reduction of Land- surface to a 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 ...
... Reduction of Land- surface to a 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 ...
Page xi
... 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 Synclinal Hills and Anticlinal ...
... 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 Synclinal Hills and Anticlinal ...
Page xiii
... Reduction of a Table- mountain ( J. Walther ) . 255 84. Advance of Sand - dunes . 86. Sea - cliff cut in Horizontal Strata 82. Manganese Concretions weathered out of Sandstone , Arabah Mount- ains , Sinai Peninsula ( J. Walther ) . 83 ...
... Reduction of a Table- mountain ( J. Walther ) . 255 84. Advance of Sand - dunes . 86. Sea - cliff cut in Horizontal Strata 82. Manganese Concretions weathered out of Sandstone , Arabah Mount- ains , Sinai Peninsula ( J. Walther ) . 83 ...
Page 18
... reduced . But in order to bring this fact more forcibly before the reader , it will be well to sketch , as briefly as may be , the general character of the warfare which is being waged against rocks over all the land - surface , and to 18.
... reduced . But in order to bring this fact more forcibly before the reader , it will be well to sketch , as briefly as may be , the general character of the warfare which is being waged against rocks over all the land - surface , and to 18.
Page 23
... reduce rocks . And first , we may note that rocks at the surface are everywhere subject to changes of temperature - warmed by day and during summer , cooled at night and during win- ter . Thus they alternately expand and contract , and ...
... reduce rocks . And first , we may note that rocks at the surface are everywhere subject to changes of temperature - warmed by day and during summer , cooled at night and during win- ter . Thus they alternately expand and contract , and ...
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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