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Page 128
... HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND - STAGES IN EROSION OF TABLE - LANDS . IN N our last chapter we considered the history of a mountain - chain , following that history from the stage of youth to old age and final dissolution . This last we ...
... HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND - STAGES IN EROSION OF TABLE - LANDS . IN N our last chapter we considered the history of a mountain - chain , following that history from the stage of youth to old age and final dissolution . This last we ...
Page 129
... in Fig 57 . Many such table - lands are recognised in Europe , the Highlands and Southern Uplands of Scotland and the Scandinavian plateaux being good examples . Ancient plateaux LAND - FORMS IN HIGHLY FOLDED STRATA 129.
... in Fig 57 . Many such table - lands are recognised in Europe , the Highlands and Southern Uplands of Scotland and the Scandinavian plateaux being good examples . Ancient plateaux LAND - FORMS IN HIGHLY FOLDED STRATA 129.
Page 139
... when that plain was converted into a plateau , which still exists , but in a highly denuded and eroded condition . The Northern Highlands of Scotland might be cited as another LAND - FORMS IN HIGHLY FOLDED STRATA 139.
... when that plain was converted into a plateau , which still exists , but in a highly denuded and eroded condition . The Northern Highlands of Scotland might be cited as another LAND - FORMS IN HIGHLY FOLDED STRATA 139.
Page 140
... Highlands were loftier and bolder than the pre - Devonian heights of Southern Scotland . They may quite possibly have rivalled the Alps in grandeur , for the folding and general disturbance of the rocks are quite as remarkable as the ...
... Highlands were loftier and bolder than the pre - Devonian heights of Southern Scotland . They may quite possibly have rivalled the Alps in grandeur , for the folding and general disturbance of the rocks are quite as remarkable as the ...
Page 141
... Highlands runs nearly north and south , keeping quite close to the western shore , so that nearly all the drainage of that region flows inland . The average inclination of that section of the Highlands is therefore easterly , towards ...
... Highlands runs nearly north and south , keeping quite close to the western shore , so that nearly all the drainage of that region flows inland . The average inclination of that section of the Highlands is therefore easterly , towards ...
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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