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The enormous tract that extends from the Great Lakes of North America to the
shores of the Arctic Ocean is almost entirely occupied by them. Another immense
area of crystalline schistose rocks is met with in Brazil. The Highlands of Scotland
, ...
The enormous tract that extends from the Great Lakes of North America to the
shores of the Arctic Ocean is almost entirely occupied by them. Another immense
area of crystalline schistose rocks is met with in Brazil. The Highlands of Scotland
, ...
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... extent with the main flexures and displacements of the underlying rocks. In
many elevated tracts, however, composed of highly disturbed and contorted
strata, no such coincidence of surface-feature and underground structure can be
traced.
... extent with the main flexures and displacements of the underlying rocks. In
many elevated tracts, however, composed of highly disturbed and contorted
strata, no such coincidence of surface-feature and underground structure can be
traced.
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Such dislocations often interrupt the continuity of the strata in our coalfields. In
such regions we may traverse level or gently undulating tracts, and be quite
unconscious of the fact that geologically we have several times leaped up or
jumped ...
Such dislocations often interrupt the continuity of the strata in our coalfields. In
such regions we may traverse level or gently undulating tracts, and be quite
unconscious of the fact that geologically we have several times leaped up or
jumped ...
Page 28
The disintegrating action of rain in temperate and high latitudes is greatly aided
by frost, and the same is the case in the elevated tracts of more southern latitudes
. Rain renders the superficial portions of rock more porous, and thus enables ...
The disintegrating action of rain in temperate and high latitudes is greatly aided
by frost, and the same is the case in the elevated tracts of more southern latitudes
. Rain renders the superficial portions of rock more porous, and thus enables ...
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Even in our own country, however, one may observe how in gently undulating
tracts rain washes the finer particles down the slopes and spreads them over the
hollows. After exceptionally heavy or long- continued rain this process becomes ...
Even in our own country, however, one may observe how in gently undulating
tracts rain washes the finer particles down the slopes and spreads them over the
hollows. After exceptionally heavy or long- continued rain this process becomes ...
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| Title | Earth Sculpture: Or, The Origin of Land-forms Volume 4 of The science series. [v. 4] |
| Author | James Geikie |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 23 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 397 pages |
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