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Page viii
... - features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks . PAGE 92 128 150 173 195 CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION Geological viii CONTENTS.
... - features Texture and Mineralogical composition of Rocks in rela- tion to Weathering - Forms assumed by various Rocks . PAGE 92 128 150 173 195 CHAPTER X LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION Geological viii CONTENTS.
Page ix
... Geological action of Prehistoric Glaciers - General evi- dence supplied by Ancient Glaciers of the Alps . CHAPTER XI PAGE 212 LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION ( continued ) . 232 Former Glacial conditions of Northern Europe ...
... Geological action of Prehistoric Glaciers - General evi- dence supplied by Ancient Glaciers of the Alps . CHAPTER XI PAGE 212 LAND - FORMS MODIFIED BY GLACIAL ACTION ( continued ) . 232 Former Glacial conditions of Northern Europe ...
Page x
... Geological Structure on various forms 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 ...
... Geological Structure on various forms 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 ...
Page 5
... geologists have been able to group them into a series of successive systems , the oldest being that which occurs at the bottom of the series ... Geological Systems . the earth's surface . The various systems thus fre quently INTRODUCTORY 5.
... geologists have been able to group them into a series of successive systems , the oldest being that which occurs at the bottom of the series ... Geological Systems . the earth's surface . The various systems thus fre quently INTRODUCTORY 5.
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... geological structure or arrangement of the rocks from the surface down to the level of the The strata represented consist of a great series of sandstones and shales with one prominent bed of limestone ( ) at the top . at the top . In ...
... geological structure or arrangement of the rocks from the surface down to the level of the The strata represented consist of a great series of sandstones and shales with one prominent bed of limestone ( ) at the top . at the top . In ...
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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