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Page 147
... reach 3358 feet and 3486 feet ; in Beinn Alligin there are also two points reaching 3021 feet and 3232 feet respect- ively ; in Beinn Dearg we have a height of 2995 feet ; in Beinn Eighe are three dominant points , 3188 feet , 3217 feet ...
... reach 3358 feet and 3486 feet ; in Beinn Alligin there are also two points reaching 3021 feet and 3232 feet respect- ively ; in Beinn Dearg we have a height of 2995 feet ; in Beinn Eighe are three dominant points , 3188 feet , 3217 feet ...
Page 149
... reach the buried land - surface , across which they will run with- out any reference to the former configuration . Should the base - level remain unchanged , a time will come . when the overlying marine strata will be entirely removed ...
... reach the buried land - surface , across which they will run with- out any reference to the former configuration . Should the base - level remain unchanged , a time will come . when the overlying marine strata will be entirely removed ...
Page 151
... reach thousands of feet , so that strata of vastly different ages may be brought into juxtaposition . The smaller faults usu- ally extend for very short distances , while the larger ones may continue for hundreds or even thousands of ...
... reach thousands of feet , so that strata of vastly different ages may be brought into juxtaposition . The smaller faults usu- ally extend for very short distances , while the larger ones may continue for hundreds or even thousands of ...
Page 167
... reach the earth's surface at the time of their formation . Yet where these faults traverse strata having much the same charac- ter , they produce no inequalities of level at the sur- face . A good example is the Tynedale fault of the ...
... reach the earth's surface at the time of their formation . Yet where these faults traverse strata having much the same charac- ter , they produce no inequalities of level at the sur- face . A good example is the Tynedale fault of the ...
Page 183
... reach relatively greater distances from the focus of eruption . Not infrequently the cones formed by the outwelling of very viscid lava show no crater - the lava coagulates around and above the vent . In other cases the top of the ...
... reach relatively greater distances from the focus of eruption . Not infrequently the cones formed by the outwelling of very viscid lava show no crater - the lava coagulates around and above the vent . In other cases the top of 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