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... removal . CHAPTER II AGENTS OF DENUDATION Chemical composition of Rocks - Epigene Agents - Insolation and Deflation - Chemical and mechanical action of Rain - Action of Frost ; of Plants and Animals ; of underground Water ; of Brooks ...
... removal . CHAPTER II AGENTS OF DENUDATION Chemical composition of Rocks - Epigene Agents - Insolation and Deflation - Chemical and mechanical action of Rain - Action of Frost ; of Plants and Animals ; of underground Water ; of Brooks ...
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... REMOVAL . HEN geologists began to inquire into the origin of surface - features , they were at first led to believe that the more striking and prominent of these had come into existence under the operation of forces which had long ago ...
... REMOVAL . HEN geologists began to inquire into the origin of surface - features , they were at first led to believe that the more striking and prominent of these had come into existence under the operation of forces which had long ago ...
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... removed from any sea . It was these and similar striking contrasts between the present and the past which doubtless induced the belief that the earth's crust , after having passed through many revolutions more or less catastrophic in ...
... removed from any sea . It was these and similar striking contrasts between the present and the past which doubtless induced the belief that the earth's crust , after having passed through many revolutions more or less catastrophic in ...
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... great pyramids : obviously the beds . were formerly continuous , as shown by the dotted lines . Clearly some " monstrous cantles " have been cut out and removed . And the same is necessarily true of 14 EARTH SCULPTURE.
... great pyramids : obviously the beds . were formerly continuous , as shown by the dotted lines . Clearly some " monstrous cantles " have been cut out and removed . And the same is necessarily true of 14 EARTH SCULPTURE.
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James Geikie. and removed . And the same is necessarily true of the folded strata . In each case ( Figs . 2 , 3 , 4 ) ... removal furnished by the phenomena of faults . At the sur- face there may be no inequality of level corresponding to ...
James Geikie. and removed . And the same is necessarily true of the folded strata . In each case ( Figs . 2 , 3 , 4 ) ... removal furnished by the phenomena of faults . At the sur- face there may be no inequality of level corresponding to ...
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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