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... Sedimentation go hand in hand . CHAPTER III LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HORIZONTAL STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration ...
... Sedimentation go hand in hand . CHAPTER III LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HORIZONTAL STRATA Various factors determining Earth Sculpture - Influence of Geo- logical Structure and the Character of Rocks in determining the Con- figuration ...
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... sist mainly of the products of water action . These last are typically represented by such rocks as con- glomerate , sandstone , and shale , which are only more or less ancient sediments , formed and accumulated in the INTRODUCTORY 3.
... sist mainly of the products of water action . These last are typically represented by such rocks as con- glomerate , sandstone , and shale , which are only more or less ancient sediments , formed and accumulated in the INTRODUCTORY 3.
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James Geikie. or less ancient sediments , formed and accumulated in the same way as the gravel , sand , and mud of existing rivers , lakes , and seas . Another common rock of aqueous origin is limestone , of which there are count- less ...
James Geikie. or less ancient sediments , formed and accumulated in the same way as the gravel , sand , and mud of existing rivers , lakes , and seas . Another common rock of aqueous origin is limestone , of which there are count- less ...
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... sedimentary accumula- tions , and very many are charged with the remains of animals and plants . By noting the order in which such stratified deposits occur , and by comparing and correlating their fossils , geologists have been able to ...
... sedimentary accumula- tions , and very many are charged with the remains of animals and plants . By noting the order in which such stratified deposits occur , and by comparing and correlating their fossils , geologists have been able to ...
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... sedimentary fossiliferous formations . Very often . the latter are separated by a broadly marked line of demarcation from the schists , granites , etc. , upon which they repose . In other cases the sedimentary rocks become gradually ...
... sedimentary fossiliferous formations . Very often . the latter are separated by a broadly marked line of demarcation from the schists , granites , etc. , upon which they repose . In other cases the sedimentary rocks become gradually ...
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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