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Page vii
... assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . PAGE I 18 44 CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF GENTLY INCLINED STRATA 73 Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and Strike - valleys- Forms assumed by a ...
... assumed by Horizontal Strata - Plains and Plateaux of Accumulation . PAGE I 18 44 CHAPTER IV LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF GENTLY INCLINED STRATA 73 Escarpments and Dip - slopes - Dip - valleys and Strike - valleys- Forms assumed by a ...
Page viii
... assumed under Denudation - Ultimate face of Mountain - chains . CHAPTER VI LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HIGHLY FOLDED AND DIS- TURBED STRATA ( continued ) . Structure and Configuration of Plateaux of Erosion - Forms as- sumed under ...
... assumed under Denudation - Ultimate face of Mountain - chains . CHAPTER VI LAND - FORMS IN REGIONS OF HIGHLY FOLDED AND DIS- TURBED STRATA ( continued ) . Structure and Configuration of Plateaux of Erosion - Forms as- sumed under ...
Page ix
... assumed by Gran- itoid Rocks and Horizontal and Inclined Strata - Reduction of Land- surface to a Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert- Sand - hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust- Loess , a dust ...
... assumed by Gran- itoid Rocks and Horizontal and Inclined Strata - Reduction of Land- surface to a Plain - Formation of Basins - Dunes of the Desert- Sand - hills of other regions - Transport and Accumulation of Dust- Loess , a dust ...
Page x
... assumed by Cliffs - Cliffs cut in Bedded and in Amorphous Rocks - Sea - caves— Flat Coast - lines and Coastal Plains - Indented or Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by form of Land - surface- Subordinate ...
... assumed by Cliffs - Cliffs cut in Bedded and in Amorphous Rocks - Sea - caves— Flat Coast - lines and Coastal Plains - Indented or Irregular Coasts- General trends of Coast - lines determined by form of Land - surface- Subordinate ...
Page 44
... ASSUMED BY HORIZONTAL STRATA - PLAINS AND PLATEAUX OF ACCUMULATION . H1 ITHERTO we have been considering erosion from one point of view only . We glanced first at the general evidence of denudation as furnished by the abrupt truncation ...
... ASSUMED BY HORIZONTAL STRATA - PLAINS AND PLATEAUX OF ACCUMULATION . H1 ITHERTO we have been considering erosion from one point of view only . We glanced first at the general evidence of denudation as furnished by the abrupt truncation ...
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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