Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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Page v
... structure have indeed become classical . Amongst these are Ramsay's notable paper , " On the Denuda- tion of South Wales and the Adjacent Counties of England " ( Memoirs Geological Survey of England , vol . i . , 1846 ) ; Heim's ...
... structure have indeed become classical . Amongst these are Ramsay's notable paper , " On the Denuda- tion of South Wales and the Adjacent Counties of England " ( Memoirs Geological Survey of England , vol . i . , 1846 ) ; Heim's ...
Page vii
... structures - Architecture of the Earth's Crust - General evidence of Rock - removal . CHAPTER II AGENTS OF DENUDATION ... Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and ...
... structures - Architecture of the Earth's Crust - General evidence of Rock - removal . CHAPTER II AGENTS OF DENUDATION ... Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and ...
Page viii
... structures in Regions of Mountain - uplift - General Structure of Mountains of Upheaval - Primeval Coincidence of Un- derground Structure and External Configuration - Relatively weak and strong Structures - Stages in the Erosion of a ...
... structures in Regions of Mountain - uplift - General Structure of Mountains of Upheaval - Primeval Coincidence of Un- derground Structure and External Configuration - Relatively weak and strong Structures - Stages in the Erosion of a ...
Page x
... Structure on various forms assumed by Cliffs - Cliffs cut in Bedded and in Amorphous Rocks - Sea - caves— Flat Coast - lines and Coastal Plains - Indented or Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by form of Land ...
... Structure on various forms assumed by Cliffs - Cliffs cut in Bedded and in Amorphous Rocks - Sea - caves— Flat Coast - lines and Coastal Plains - Indented or Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by form of Land ...
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... Structure of the Ardennes ( after Cornet and Briart ) . 57. Diagrammatic Section across a 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 ...
... Structure of the Ardennes ( after Cornet and Briart ) . 57. Diagrammatic Section across a 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 ...
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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