Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... slopes - Dip - 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.
... slopes - Dip - 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.
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... slope of the surface , therefore , frequently bears no relation to the " lie " of the beds below . This is further illus- trated in the succeeding figures , where we find de- pressions at the surface , while the rocks immediately ...
... slope of the surface , therefore , frequently bears no relation to the " lie " of the beds below . This is further illus- trated in the succeeding figures , where we find de- pressions at the surface , while the rocks immediately ...
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... feet , but showing no slopes of dé- bris below , as would infallibly be present under tem- perate conditions of climate . In other places , again , are deeply excavated wâdies containing no beds of gravel , 24 EARTH SCULPTURE.
... feet , but showing no slopes of dé- bris below , as would infallibly be present under tem- perate conditions of climate . In other places , again , are deeply excavated wâdies containing no beds of gravel , 24 EARTH SCULPTURE.
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... slopes of our mountains , and gather thickly along the base of precipice and cliff , have been dislodged by frost and rolled down from above , their progress downward being often aided by tor- rential rains , melting snow , and the ...
... slopes of our mountains , and gather thickly along the base of precipice and cliff , have been dislodged by frost and rolled down from above , their progress downward being often aided by tor- rential rains , melting snow , and the ...
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... slopes , or gathering at the base of cliff and precipice . In lower latitudes the most impressive evidence of disintegration is the great thickness attained by rotted rock in positions where it is not liable to be readily swept away by ...
... slopes , or gathering at the base of cliff and precipice . In lower latitudes the most impressive evidence of disintegration is the great thickness attained by rotted rock in positions where it is not liable to be readily swept away by ...
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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