Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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... Indented or Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by form of Land - surface- Subordinate Influence of Marine Erosion . CHAPTER XVI CLASSIFICATION OF LAND - FORMS PAGE 315 . 335 Plains of Accumulation and of ...
... Indented or Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by form of Land - surface- Subordinate Influence of Marine Erosion . CHAPTER XVI CLASSIFICATION OF LAND - FORMS PAGE 315 . 335 Plains of Accumulation and of ...
Page 280
... indented coast- lines of some of the larger lakes of this class , the long inlets and projecting headlands recalling the ap- pearances presented by the fiord - coasts of Norway and Scotland . The crustal deformation may consist of ...
... indented coast- lines of some of the larger lakes of this class , the long inlets and projecting headlands recalling the ap- pearances presented by the fiord - coasts of Norway and Scotland . The crustal deformation may consist of ...
Page 290
... indentation in a mountain - slope , not a few valleys terminate upwards in great amphitheatre - like cirques , the walls of which are often very steep . Such cirque - valleys appear now and again in our European mountains . As examples ...
... indentation in a mountain - slope , not a few valleys terminate upwards in great amphitheatre - like cirques , the walls of which are often very steep . Such cirque - valleys appear now and again in our European mountains . As examples ...
Page 317
... indented coasts are of recent origin - the sea has not yet had time to reduce their irregularities . We must distinguish between the form and the general trend of a coast - line . The varying shape of cliff and low shore is no doubt ...
... indented coasts are of recent origin - the sea has not yet had time to reduce their irregularities . We must distinguish between the form and the general trend of a coast - line . The varying shape of cliff and low shore is no doubt ...
Page 328
... indented or not according as they recede from or approach the edge of the continental plateau . Hence all highly indented coast - lines are evidence that the land is sink- ing , or has recently sunk , the directions of the coast- line ...
... indented or not according as they recede from or approach the edge of the continental plateau . Hence all highly indented coast - lines are evidence that the land is sink- ing , or has recently sunk , the directions of the coast- line ...
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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