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Page iii
... true that all geological text - books , and many manuals of geography , devote some space to its discussion , while not a few excellent treatises deal at large with one or more of its sub- divisions . Geological literature is also by no ...
... true that all geological text - books , and many manuals of geography , devote some space to its discussion , while not a few excellent treatises deal at large with one or more of its sub- divisions . Geological literature is also by no ...
Page xi
... true scale Map of an Island composed of Dome - shaped Strata . 13. Section through the Island shown in Fig . 12 II . 12 . 14. Section of River - valley . . 15. Enlarged section of a portion of the Island shown in Fig . 12 16. Diagram ...
... true scale Map of an Island composed of Dome - shaped Strata . 13. Section through the Island shown in Fig . 12 II . 12 . 14. Section of River - valley . . 15. Enlarged section of a portion of the Island shown in Fig . 12 16. Diagram ...
Page xiii
... true scale PAGE 166 • 68. Section on a true scale across 64 Tynedale Fault , " Newcastle Coal - field 168 69. Section across Great Fault bounding the Highlands near Birnam , Perthshire . • 70. Section across Great Fault bounding the ...
... true scale PAGE 166 • 68. Section on a true scale across 64 Tynedale Fault , " Newcastle Coal - field 168 69. Section across Great Fault bounding the Highlands near Birnam , Perthshire . • 70. Section across Great Fault bounding the ...
Page 3
... true for the crust of the globe just as it does for the myriad tribes of plants and animals that clothe and people it . It is no longer doubted that the existing configuration of the land has resulted from the action of forces that are ...
... true for the crust of the globe just as it does for the myriad tribes of plants and animals that clothe and people it . It is no longer doubted that the existing configuration of the land has resulted from the action of forces that are ...
Page 14
... the shape of 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.
... the shape of 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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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