Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms |
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Page vii
... Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF GENTLY INCLINED STRATA Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and Strike - valleys— Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various directions of ...
... Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF GENTLY INCLINED STRATA Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and Strike - valleys— Forms assumed by a Plateau of Erosion - Various directions of ...
Page xi
... Strata FIGURE I. Section of Horizontal Strata 2. Section across an Anticline . 3. Section across Normal Anticlines and Synclines . Section across Anticlines and Synclines with Inclined Axes PAGE 7 9 ΙΟ IO II 4I II . 12 . Map of an ...
... Strata FIGURE I. Section of Horizontal Strata 2. Section across an Anticline . 3. Section across Normal Anticlines and Synclines . Section across Anticlines and Synclines with Inclined Axes PAGE 7 9 ΙΟ IO II 4I II . 12 . Map of an ...
Page xiii
... Strata , Libyan Desert ( J. Walther ) . 254 81 . Wind Erosion : Stages in the Erosion and Reduction of a Table ... Strata 319 88 . 87. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Inland Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Seaward 89. Sea - cliff cut ...
... Strata , Libyan Desert ( J. Walther ) . 254 81 . Wind Erosion : Stages in the Erosion and Reduction of a Table ... Strata 319 88 . 87. Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Inland Sea - cliff cut in Strata dipping Seaward 89. Sea - cliff cut ...
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... strata represented consist of a great series of sandstones and shales with one prominent bed of limestone ( ) at the top . In this case we cannot doubt that the horizontal bedding is original - that the strata were accumulated one above ...
... strata represented consist of a great series of sandstones and shales with one prominent bed of limestone ( ) at the top . In this case we cannot doubt that the horizontal bedding is original - that the strata were accumulated one above ...
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... strata are arranged in the form of a truncated arch , or anticline . At X the FIG . 2 . SECTION ACROSS AN ANTICLINE . The upper continuous line , A - B , = surface of ground ; the lower continuous line , C - D , = sea- level ; X - Y ...
... strata are arranged in the form of a truncated arch , or anticline . At X the FIG . 2 . SECTION ACROSS AN ANTICLINE . The upper continuous line , A - B , = surface of ground ; the lower continuous line , C - D , = sea- level ; X - Y ...
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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