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... Lake Depressions of East Africa - Faults of British Coal- fields - Bounding faults of Scottish Highlands and Lowlands - Fault- bounded Mountains - General conclusions . CHAPTER VIII LAND - FORMS DUE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO IGNEOUS ...
... Lake Depressions of East Africa - Faults of British Coal- fields - Bounding faults of Scottish Highlands and Lowlands - Fault- bounded Mountains - General conclusions . CHAPTER VIII LAND - FORMS DUE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO IGNEOUS ...
Page ix
... Lakes - Caves in Limestone -Caves in and underneath Lava- " Crystal Cellars " -Rock - shelters -Sea - caves . 250 266 CHAPTER XIV BASINS . Basins due to Crustal Deformation - Crater - lakes - Dissolution Basins - Lakes formed by Rivers ...
... Lakes - Caves in Limestone -Caves in and underneath Lava- " Crystal Cellars " -Rock - shelters -Sea - caves . 250 266 CHAPTER XIV BASINS . Basins due to Crustal Deformation - Crater - lakes - Dissolution Basins - Lakes formed by Rivers ...
Page xii
... Lake of Wallenstadt ( E. Fraas , after A. Heim ) • 114 50 . Symmetrical Flexures of the Jura Mountains 115 ˇ 53. Section across part of the Middle Carpathians ( Vacek ) 51. Section across Western part of the Jura Mountains ( P. Choffat ) ...
... Lake of Wallenstadt ( E. Fraas , after A. Heim ) • 114 50 . Symmetrical Flexures of the Jura Mountains 115 ˇ 53. Section across part of the Middle Carpathians ( Vacek ) 51. Section across Western part of the Jura Mountains ( P. Choffat ) ...
Page xiii
... Lake - basins on a true scale 293 86. Sea - cliff cut in Horizontal Strata 319 88 . 87. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Inland Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Seaward 89. Sea - cliff cut in Beds dipping Seaward 320 320 323 FULL ...
... Lake - basins on a true scale 293 86. Sea - cliff cut in Horizontal Strata 319 88 . 87. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Inland Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Seaward 89. Sea - cliff cut in Beds dipping Seaward 320 320 323 FULL ...
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... lakes , and seas . Another common rock of aqueous origin is limestone , of which there are count- less varieties — some formed in lakes , like the shell- marls of our own day ; others representing the calcareous ooze and coral - reefs ...
... lakes , and seas . Another common rock of aqueous origin is limestone , of which there are count- less varieties — some formed in lakes , like the shell- marls of our own day ; others representing the calcareous ooze and coral - reefs ...
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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