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... Laccoliths of Henry Mountains - Volcanoes , Structure and Form of — Mud - cones — Geysers - Fissure - eruptions - Volcanic Plateaux - Denudation of Volcanoes , etc. , and resulting features . CHAPTER IX INFLUENCE OF ROCK CHARACTER IN ...
... Laccoliths of Henry Mountains - Volcanoes , Structure and Form of — Mud - cones — Geysers - Fissure - eruptions - Volcanic Plateaux - Denudation of Volcanoes , etc. , and resulting features . CHAPTER IX INFLUENCE OF ROCK CHARACTER IN ...
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... LACCOLITHS OF HENRY MOUNTAINS -VOLCANOES , STRUCTURE AND FORM OF MUD - CONES - GEY- SERS FISSURE - ERUPTIONS VOLCANIC PLATEAUX ATION OF VOLCANOES , ETC. , AND RESULTING FEATURES . -- DENUD . IN preceding pages we have had frequent ...
... LACCOLITHS OF HENRY MOUNTAINS -VOLCANOES , STRUCTURE AND FORM OF MUD - CONES - GEY- SERS FISSURE - ERUPTIONS VOLCANIC PLATEAUX ATION OF VOLCANOES , ETC. , AND RESULTING FEATURES . -- DENUD . IN preceding pages we have had frequent ...
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... in all cases been removed by denudation . The ground has bulged up , and the swelling of the surface is still conspicuous . Among the most re- markable examples known are the laccoliths or lac- colites ( 176 EARTH SCULPTURE.
... in all cases been removed by denudation . The ground has bulged up , and the swelling of the surface is still conspicuous . Among the most re- markable examples known are the laccoliths or lac- colites ( 176 EARTH SCULPTURE.
Page 177
James Geikie. markable examples known are the laccoliths or lac- colites ( stone cisterns ) of the Henry Mountains ... laccolith are in- P FIG . 74. DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION OF A LACCOLITH SHOWING DOME - SHAPED ELEVATION OF SURFACE ABOVE THE ...
James Geikie. markable examples known are the laccoliths or lac- colites ( stone cisterns ) of the Henry Mountains ... laccolith are in- P FIG . 74. DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION OF A LACCOLITH SHOWING DOME - SHAPED ELEVATION OF SURFACE ABOVE THE ...
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... laccolith the range is not less than 4000 feet , those which are above not infrequently overlapping those which lie ... laccoliths are all of considerable size , the smallest measuring more than half a mile , and the largest about four ...
... laccolith the range is not less than 4000 feet , those which are above not infrequently overlapping those which lie ... laccoliths are all of considerable size , the smallest measuring more than half a mile , and the largest about four ...
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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