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... tion and the relation of surface - features to geological structure have indeed become classical . Amongst these are Ramsay's notable paper , " On the Denuda- tion of South Wales and the Adjacent Counties of England " ( Memoirs ...
... tion and the relation of surface - features to geological structure have indeed become classical . Amongst these are Ramsay's notable paper , " On the Denuda- tion of South Wales and the Adjacent Counties of England " ( Memoirs ...
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... TION OF LAND - FORMS · Joints in Rocks and the part they play in determining Surface- features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks . 195 CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS ...
... TION OF LAND - FORMS · Joints in Rocks and the part they play in determining Surface- features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks . 195 CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS ...
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... tion of Surface above the Intrusive Rock ( after G. K. Gilbert ) View of Necks - Cores of old Volcanoes ( Powell ) • 169 170 170 175 · 176 . 177 188 • 189 76. Section of Highly Denuded Volcano , Minto Hill , Roxburgshire 77 ...
... tion of Surface above the Intrusive Rock ( after G. K. Gilbert ) View of Necks - Cores of old Volcanoes ( Powell ) • 169 170 170 175 · 176 . 177 188 • 189 76. Section of Highly Denuded Volcano , Minto Hill , Roxburgshire 77 ...
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... tion and discontinuity of beds which is so common a feature of derivative rocks all the world over ? And how shall we account for the presence at the sur- face of deep - seated plutonic rocks and metamorphic masses ? When we have ...
... tion and discontinuity of beds which is so common a feature of derivative rocks all the world over ? And how shall we account for the presence at the sur- face of deep - seated plutonic rocks and metamorphic masses ? When we have ...
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... TION AND DEFLATION - CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL ACTION OF RAIN - ACTION OF FROST ; OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS ; OF UNDERGROUND WATER ; OF BROOKS AND RIVERS - RATE OF DENUDATION - DENUDATION AND SEDIMENTATION GO HAND IN HAND . THE ' HE present ...
... TION AND DEFLATION - CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL ACTION OF RAIN - ACTION OF FROST ; OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS ; OF UNDERGROUND WATER ; OF BROOKS AND RIVERS - RATE OF DENUDATION - DENUDATION AND SEDIMENTATION GO HAND IN HAND . THE ' HE present ...
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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