The Student's Handbook of Physical GeologyG. Bell, 1892 - 666 pages |
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... Glaciers • Formation of Glaciers . Movement . Transport of De- tritus . Erosive Action . Ice - sheets . CHAPTER X. - MARINE AGENCIES . 126 151 · 164 Action of Waves . Formation of Caves , Coves , and Inlets . Formation of Cliff's ...
... Glaciers • Formation of Glaciers . Movement . Transport of De- tritus . Erosive Action . Ice - sheets . CHAPTER X. - MARINE AGENCIES . 126 151 · 164 Action of Waves . Formation of Caves , Coves , and Inlets . Formation of Cliff's ...
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... glaciers , tides and currents ; until biologists had described and classified the greater number of existing animals and plants -it was not until all these essential data had been collected and studied that the geologist could realize ...
... glaciers , tides and currents ; until biologists had described and classified the greater number of existing animals and plants -it was not until all these essential data had been collected and studied that the geologist could realize ...
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... agents Percolating waters . Rivers Glaciers Tides and Waves Coast - ice . Action . Chemical and Mechanical . Chiefly Me- chanical . Mechanical . IT A. Processes of Disintegration . CHAPTER VI . I. 82 [ SEC . II . DYNAMICAL GEOLOGY .
... agents Percolating waters . Rivers Glaciers Tides and Waves Coast - ice . Action . Chemical and Mechanical . Chiefly Me- chanical . Mechanical . IT A. Processes of Disintegration . CHAPTER VI . I. 82 [ SEC . II . DYNAMICAL GEOLOGY .
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... glacier - like mud - flow . The sea washes this débris away from the base of the cliff , and the process is re- peated . " In harder rocks the open cracks and joints afford access to the rain - water , and frost often assists in the ...
... glacier - like mud - flow . The sea washes this débris away from the base of the cliff , and the process is re- peated . " In harder rocks the open cracks and joints afford access to the rain - water , and frost often assists in the ...
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Alfred John Jukes-Browne. I d these beds which have been cut back so as to. Fig . 37. Part of the Grand Cañon of the Colorado . Fig . 38. Ideal representation of a Glacier .
Alfred John Jukes-Browne. I d these beds which have been cut back so as to. Fig . 37. Part of the Grand Cañon of the Colorado . Fig . 38. Ideal representation of a Glacier .
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acid action agencies altered alumina amount anticlinal augite basalt beds blocks bottom calcareous calcite called carbonate of lime carbonic acid chalk channel chemical clay cleavage cliffs coast colour consists coral cracks crystalline crystals currents débris denudation deposits depth described detrition distance district dolerite dykes earth earth's crust Edited elevation erosion eruptions fault feet felspar fissures formation formed fragments Geol Geology glacier glauconite gneiss gradually granite greensand ground hills horizontal hornblende igneous rocks iron island Jukes lakes land lava layers limestone magnesia mass material metamorphic mica miles mineral mountain occur original Orthoclase outcrop oxide particles pebbles planes porphyritic portion pressure produced quartz rain reefs ridge rise river sand sandstone schist shale shells shore side siliceous slope soil solution sometimes stones strata stratified rocks stream structure surface thickness tion tract Translated unconformity valley vertical volcanic