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Page ix
... 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- GROUND WATER • Dissolution of Rocks - Underground ...
... 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- GROUND WATER • Dissolution of Rocks - Underground ...
Page xii
... Sand- stone resting upon 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 ...
... Sand- stone resting upon 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 ...
Page xiii
... Sand - dunes . 86. Sea - cliff cut in Horizontal Strata 82. Manganese Concretions weathered out of Sandstone , Arabah Mount- ains , Sinai Peninsula ( J. Walther ) . 83. Formation of Sand - dunes 85. Longitudinal Sections of Lake ...
... Sand - dunes . 86. Sea - cliff cut in Horizontal Strata 82. Manganese Concretions weathered out of Sandstone , Arabah Mount- ains , Sinai Peninsula ( J. Walther ) . 83. Formation of Sand - dunes 85. Longitudinal Sections of Lake ...
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... sand that overspread extensive areas in temperate latitudes were believed to be the relics of the last great catastrophe which had affected the earth's sur- face . Some notable disturbance of the crust , it was thought , had caused the ...
... sand that overspread extensive areas in temperate latitudes were believed to be the relics of the last great catastrophe which had affected the earth's sur- face . Some notable disturbance of the crust , it was thought , had caused the ...
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... sand , and mud of existing rivers , lakes , and seas . Another common rock of aqueous origin is limestone , of which there are count- less varieties - some formed in lakes , like the shell- marls of our own day ; others representing the ...
... sand , and mud of existing rivers , lakes , and seas . Another common rock of aqueous origin is limestone , of which there are count- less varieties - some formed in lakes , like the shell- marls of our own day ; others representing the ...
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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