The Student's Handbook of Physical GeologyG. Bell and Sons, 1884 - 514 pages |
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... Shore Platforms . Waste of east and south coasts of England . Coast - ice . In- fluence of Earth movements on the rate of erosion . Marine erosion compared with Subaerial detrition . B. Processes of Reconstruction . CHAPTER IX ...
... Shore Platforms . Waste of east and south coasts of England . Coast - ice . In- fluence of Earth movements on the rate of erosion . Marine erosion compared with Subaerial detrition . B. Processes of Reconstruction . CHAPTER IX ...
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... shore will perceive the following suc- cession of phenomena . 1. A rumbling noise , heard apparently through the feet ; this being the sound - wave through the earth , which is said to travel at a rate of 11,000 feet per second . 2 ...
... shore will perceive the following suc- cession of phenomena . 1. A rumbling noise , heard apparently through the feet ; this being the sound - wave through the earth , which is said to travel at a rate of 11,000 feet per second . 2 ...
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... shore , and then returning as a wall of water from 15 to 20 feet high , rolling in far over the land and washing down everything before it . The first is often followed by smaller waves . The velocity of the sea - wave depends upon the ...
... shore , and then returning as a wall of water from 15 to 20 feet high , rolling in far over the land and washing down everything before it . The first is often followed by smaller waves . The velocity of the sea - wave depends upon the ...
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... sea then abandoned a consider- able tract of the shore . ' 1 66 Principles of Geology , " tenth edition , vol . ii . p . 174 . The oscillations of level which appear to have occurred in 46 [ SEC . I. INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL CAUSES .
... sea then abandoned a consider- able tract of the shore . ' 1 66 Principles of Geology , " tenth edition , vol . ii . p . 174 . The oscillations of level which appear to have occurred in 46 [ SEC . I. INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL CAUSES .
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... shore , where in the one case a new strip of land may be added to the coast - line by the elevation of the beach and adjacent sea- bottom , or in the other case , if depression has taken place , the sea may have overflowed its ancient ...
... shore , where in the one case a new strip of land may be added to the coast - line by the elevation of the beach and adjacent sea- bottom , or in the other case , if depression has taken place , the sea may have overflowed its ancient ...
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accumulated acid action alumina amount angles anticlinal augite basalt beds blocks bottom calcareous called carbonate of lime carbonic acid chalk chemical clay cleavage cliffs coal coast colour consist containing coral cracks crystalline crystals denudation deposits depth described detrition distance district dolerite dykes earth earth's crust elevation erosion excavated fault feet felspar fissures Foraminifera formation formed fragments Geol glacier glauconite gradually granite greensand ground hills horizontal hornblende igneous rocks island joints Jukes lake land lava layers less limestone magnesia mass material matter metamorphic metamorphic rocks mica miles mineral mountain observed occur origin Orthoclase outcrops particles pebbles planes porphyritic portion present pressure produced quartz rain reef river salt sand sandstone shales shells shore side siliceous Silurian slope solid solution sometimes stones strata stratified rocks stream structure sulphate surface synclinal thickness tide tion Trans valley vertical volcanic waves