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Page 73
... ASSUMED BY A PLATEAU OF EROSION - VARIOUS DIRECTIONS OF ESCARPMENTS - SYNCLINAL HILLS AND ANTI- CLINAL HOLLOWS - ANTICLINAL HILLS . THE HE most characteristic land - forms met with in regions where the strata are inclined in some ...
... ASSUMED BY A PLATEAU OF EROSION - VARIOUS DIRECTIONS OF ESCARPMENTS - SYNCLINAL HILLS AND ANTI- CLINAL HOLLOWS - ANTICLINAL HILLS . THE HE most characteristic land - forms met with in regions where the strata are inclined in some ...
Page 89
... show as a prominent elevation . Hitherto we have been considering the surface- forms assumed by gently folded strata in regions which have been subjected for a more or less pro-. LAND - FORMS IN GENTLY INCLINED STRATA 89.
... show as a prominent elevation . Hitherto we have been considering the surface- forms assumed by gently folded strata in regions which have been subjected for a more or less pro-. LAND - FORMS IN GENTLY INCLINED STRATA 89.
Page 92
... ASSUMED UNDER DENUDATION - ULTIMATE FATE OF MOUNTAIN - CHAINS . WE E have now to study the various land - forms that characterise regions where highly folded strata occur . Deformation of the crust has taken place in all ages of the ...
... ASSUMED UNDER DENUDATION - ULTIMATE FATE OF MOUNTAIN - CHAINS . WE E have now to study the various land - forms that characterise regions where highly folded strata occur . Deformation of the crust has taken place in all ages of the ...
Page 100
... assumed by highly flexured strata should naturally begin with the exam- ination of some young mountain - chain . But even the youngest of such mountains has already under- gone much erosion , and its structure is often ex- 100 EARTH ...
... assumed by highly flexured strata should naturally begin with the exam- ination of some young mountain - chain . But even the youngest of such mountains has already under- gone much erosion , and its structure is often ex- 100 EARTH ...
Page 128
... ASSUMED UNDER DENUDATION - MOUNTAINS OF CIR- CUMDENUDATION — HISTORY OF CERTAIN PLATEAUX OF ERO- SION SOUTHERN UPLANDS AND NORTHERN HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND - STAGES IN EROSION OF TABLE - LANDS . IN N our last chapter we considered the ...
... ASSUMED UNDER DENUDATION - MOUNTAINS OF CIR- CUMDENUDATION — HISTORY OF CERTAIN PLATEAUX OF ERO- SION SOUTHERN UPLANDS AND NORTHERN HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND - STAGES IN EROSION OF TABLE - LANDS . IN N our last chapter we considered the ...
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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