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Page vii
... Hills and Anticlinal Hollows - Anticlinal Hills . 44 73 CHAPTER V LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HIGHLY FOLDED vii.
... Hills and Anticlinal Hollows - Anticlinal Hills . 44 73 CHAPTER V LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HIGHLY FOLDED vii.
Page ix
... hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust— Loess , a dust deposit - Lakes and Marshes of the Steppes . CHAPTER XIII LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY THE ACTION OF UNDER- GROUND WATER Dissolution of Rocks - Underground Water ...
... hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust— Loess , a dust deposit - Lakes and Marshes of the Steppes . CHAPTER XIII LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY THE ACTION OF UNDER- GROUND WATER Dissolution of Rocks - Underground Water ...
Page x
... Hills and Mountains : Original or Tectonic , and Sub- sequent or Relict Mountains - Valleys : Original or Tectonic , and Subsequent or Erosion Valleys - Basins - Coast - lines . CONCLUSION CHAPTER XVII The study of the Structure and ...
... Hills and Mountains : Original or Tectonic , and Sub- sequent or Relict Mountains - Valleys : Original or Tectonic , and Subsequent or Erosion Valleys - Basins - Coast - lines . CONCLUSION CHAPTER XVII The study of the Structure and ...
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... Hills and Synclinal Hill 24. Section across West Lomond Hill and the Ochils 25. Synclinal Valley , West of Green River ( Powell ) 26. Anticlinal Ridge , Green River Plains ( Powell ) . 27. Isoclinal Folds 88 88 • 89 • 90 93 28 ...
... Hills and Synclinal Hill 24. Section across West Lomond Hill and the Ochils 25. Synclinal Valley , West of Green River ( Powell ) 26. Anticlinal Ridge , Green River Plains ( Powell ) . 27. Isoclinal Folds 88 88 • 89 • 90 93 28 ...
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... Hill , Roxburgshire 77. Diagrammatic Section across the Valley of the Tay , near Dundee 78. View of Mesa Verde and the Sierra el Late , Colorado ( Hayden's Re- port for 1875 ) · 190 · 203 79 . Wind Erosion : Table - Mountains , etc ...
... Hill , Roxburgshire 77. Diagrammatic Section across the Valley of the Tay , near Dundee 78. View of Mesa Verde and the Sierra el Late , Colorado ( Hayden's Re- port for 1875 ) · 190 · 203 79 . Wind Erosion : Table - Mountains , etc ...
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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