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... inclination is the same on each side of the anticline ; in other words , the anticlinal axis ( X - Y ) is vertical . From A to B the distance we shall suppose is six miles . The succeeding section ( Fig . 3 ) we shall take to be of ...
... inclination is the same on each side of the anticline ; in other words , the anticlinal axis ( X - Y ) is vertical . From A to B the distance we shall suppose is six miles . The succeeding section ( Fig . 3 ) we shall take to be of ...
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... inclined FIG . 4 . SECTION ACROSS UNSYMMETRICAL ANTICLINES AND SYNCLINES . Upper continuous line , A - B , = surface of ground ; lower continuous line , C - D , = sea - level ; a x , sx , axes of folds . rocks , the undulations of the ...
... inclined FIG . 4 . SECTION ACROSS UNSYMMETRICAL ANTICLINES AND SYNCLINES . Upper continuous line , A - B , = surface of ground ; lower continuous line , C - D , = sea - level ; a x , sx , axes of folds . rocks , the undulations of the ...
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... inclined from the horizontal , and frequently curved and folded , it is obvious that they have been subjected to the action of some great disturbing force , for folding and A B -T contortion may affect masses of strata many thousands of ...
... inclined from the horizontal , and frequently curved and folded , it is obvious that they have been subjected to the action of some great disturbing force , for folding and A B -T contortion may affect masses of strata many thousands of ...
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... inclined portions of the ground . On mountain declivities and hill slopes rock - disintegration and the removal of waste products will proceed more actively than upon low grounds and plains . The work of erosion will be ** 38 EARTH ...
... inclined portions of the ground . On mountain declivities and hill slopes rock - disintegration and the removal of waste products will proceed more actively than upon low grounds and plains . The work of erosion will be ** 38 EARTH ...
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James Geikie. have been determined in the first place by the original inclination of the surface . Once more , we know that existing land - surfaces have often been disturbed by subterranean action , and that such action has not ...
James Geikie. have been determined in the first place by the original inclination of the surface . Once more , we know that existing land - surfaces have often been disturbed by subterranean action , and that such action has not ...
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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