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Page 186
... Islands , the Inner Hebrides , and Antrim are the relics of similar vast fissure eruptions . And of like origin are the basaltic plateaux of Abyssinia and the Deccan in India . The volcanic phenomena of the Hawaiian Islands have also ...
... Islands , the Inner Hebrides , and Antrim are the relics of similar vast fissure eruptions . And of like origin are the basaltic plateaux of Abyssinia and the Deccan in India . The volcanic phenomena of the Hawaiian Islands have also ...
Page 191
... Islands , and the basalt hills of the Inner Hebrides and Antrim are the relics of vast plateaux , which were all probably at one time connected . The general aspect of the hills carved out of such plateaux is well illustrated by the ...
... Islands , and the basalt hills of the Inner Hebrides and Antrim are the relics of vast plateaux , which were all probably at one time connected . The general aspect of the hills carved out of such plateaux is well illustrated by the ...
Page 233
... Islands . In the low grounds of Scotland the sheet could hardly have averaged less than 2500 to 3000 feet in thickness . In some of the Norwegian fiords it exceeded 5500 feet . Taking the elevation of the ice - shed in Scandinavia as ...
... Islands . In the low grounds of Scotland the sheet could hardly have averaged less than 2500 to 3000 feet in thickness . In some of the Norwegian fiords it exceeded 5500 feet . Taking the elevation of the ice - shed in Scandinavia as ...
Page 234
... Island of Rügen , but they would seem to be rare in North Germany . Recently Dr. K. Keilhack has observed them in Neumark ( Jahrb . , d . königl . preuss . geol . Landesanstalt für 1893 , 1895 , p . 190 ) . They have been recognised ...
... Island of Rügen , but they would seem to be rare in North Germany . Recently Dr. K. Keilhack has observed them in Neumark ( Jahrb . , d . königl . preuss . geol . Landesanstalt für 1893 , 1895 , p . 190 ) . They have been recognised ...
Page 243
... islands , as , for example , in the Outer Hebrides , where the whole area is smoothed and rounded up to a height of 1500 or 1600 feet , above which level the rocks present quite a different aspect . But glacier - ice does not only ...
... islands , as , for example , in the Outer Hebrides , where the whole area is smoothed and rounded up to a height of 1500 or 1600 feet , above which level the rocks present quite a different aspect . But glacier - ice does not only ...
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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