Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... HORIZONTAL STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . PAGE ...
... HORIZONTAL STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . PAGE ...
Page ix
... Horizontal and Inclined Strata - Reduction of Land- surface to a Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert- Sand - hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust- Loess , a dust deposit - Lakes and Marshes of the ...
... Horizontal and Inclined Strata - Reduction of Land- surface to a Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert- Sand - hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust- Loess , a dust deposit - Lakes and Marshes of the ...
Page x
... the Structure and Formation of Surface - features prac- tically involves that of the Evolution of the Land . 364 APPENDIX · GLOSSARY INDEX . • 373 • 375 387 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURE I. Section of Horizontal Strata 2. X CONTENTS.
... the Structure and Formation of Surface - features prac- tically involves that of the Evolution of the Land . 364 APPENDIX · GLOSSARY INDEX . • 373 • 375 387 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURE I. Section of Horizontal Strata 2. X CONTENTS.
Page xi
... Horizontal Strata ( after Captain Dutton ) . Section across Suderoe ( Faroe Islands ) on a 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 ...
... Horizontal Strata ( after Captain Dutton ) . Section across Suderoe ( Faroe Islands ) on a 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 ...
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... 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 - basins on a true scale 87. Sea - cliff cut ...
... 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 - basins on a true scale 87. Sea - cliff cut ...
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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