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... increase at the poles is falla- cious 134 • 135 • 137 . Mountains while rising may be decreasing in height 138 Aerial denudation and deposit . 143 CHAPTER X. LYELL ON NEW RAVINES , AND ON THE GANGES . Formation of new ravines 147 ' Sunk ...
... increase at the poles is falla- cious 134 • 135 • 137 . Mountains while rising may be decreasing in height 138 Aerial denudation and deposit . 143 CHAPTER X. LYELL ON NEW RAVINES , AND ON THE GANGES . Formation of new ravines 147 ' Sunk ...
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... the embankments 225 Principle of the longitudinal and lateral slopes of allu- vial plains 227 • The bed of the river rises with the alluvial plain 232 Why alluvial rivers receive tributaries without increase of width Cause CONTENTS . XV.
... the embankments 225 Principle of the longitudinal and lateral slopes of allu- vial plains 227 • The bed of the river rises with the alluvial plain 232 Why alluvial rivers receive tributaries without increase of width Cause CONTENTS . XV.
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George Greenwood. Why alluvial rivers receive tributaries without increase of width Cause of the shape of deltas ERRATUM . Page 59 , line 11 from bottom , for ( p . 19 ) read ( p . 23. ) Plate 1 Plate 2 Plate 3 DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER ...
George Greenwood. Why alluvial rivers receive tributaries without increase of width Cause of the shape of deltas ERRATUM . Page 59 , line 11 from bottom , for ( p . 19 ) read ( p . 23. ) Plate 1 Plate 2 Plate 3 DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER ...
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... increasing width of valleys as they descend ; and the very excep- tion proves the rule . For the different parts of the same valley are invariably wide directly as the softness of those parts , and narrow directly as their hardness ...
... increasing width of valleys as they descend ; and the very excep- tion proves the rule . For the different parts of the same valley are invariably wide directly as the softness of those parts , and narrow directly as their hardness ...
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... increasing in size as they recede from those heights . Those of the Cer and Jour- danne , which are more than twenty miles in length , are of great depth , and lay open the geological structure of the mountain . ' Speaking generally ...
... increasing in size as they recede from those heights . Those of the Cer and Jour- danne , which are more than twenty miles in length , are of great depth , and lay open the geological structure of the mountain . ' Speaking generally ...
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