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... islands have everywhere experienced excessive marine erosion , it is certain that the plateau out of which they have ... ( FAROE ISLANDS ) ON A TRUE SCALE . a a , beds of basalt with intervening layers of tuff . Length of section 5 miles ...
... islands have everywhere experienced excessive marine erosion , it is certain that the plateau out of which they have ... ( FAROE ISLANDS ) ON A TRUE SCALE . a a , beds of basalt with intervening layers of tuff . Length of section 5 miles ...
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... islands have everywhere experienced excessive marine erosion , it is certain that the plateau out of which they have ... ( Faroe Islands ) on a True Scale . Krannafield Coal Stream FIG . II . a a , beds of basalt with intervening layers of ...
... islands have everywhere experienced excessive marine erosion , it is certain that the plateau out of which they have ... ( Faroe Islands ) on a True Scale . Krannafield Coal Stream FIG . II . a a , beds of basalt with intervening layers of ...
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... Faroe Islands , 71 Southern Uplands ( Scotland ) , 129 , 133 , 289 Sowbacks , 245 Spain , rias of , 313 Spey , river , 141 , 145 Springs , influence of , in valley - erosion , 76 mineral , 267 , 274 natural , 31 , 105 Sserir , 256 ...
... Faroe Islands , 71 Southern Uplands ( Scotland ) , 129 , 133 , 289 Sowbacks , 245 Spain , rias of , 313 Spey , river , 141 , 145 Springs , influence of , in valley - erosion , 76 mineral , 267 , 274 natural , 31 , 105 Sserir , 256 ...
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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