Class-book of GeologyMacmillan and Company, 1890 - 516 páginas |
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... side of a mountain by descending torrents , with cones of detritus at their base . PAGE 12 15 15 19 20 21 33333 25 30 II . Flat stones in a bank of river - shingle , showing the direction of the current that transported and left them 12 ...
... side of a mountain by descending torrents , with cones of detritus at their base . PAGE 12 15 15 19 20 21 33333 25 30 II . Flat stones in a bank of river - shingle , showing the direction of the current that transported and left them 12 ...
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Archibald Geikie. FIG . 25. Ice - striation on the floor and side of a valley 26. Buller of Buchan — a caldron - shaped cavity or blow - hole worn out of granite by the sea on the coast of Aberdeenshire . 27. The Stacks of Duncansby ...
Archibald Geikie. FIG . 25. Ice - striation on the floor and side of a valley 26. Buller of Buchan — a caldron - shaped cavity or blow - hole worn out of granite by the sea on the coast of Aberdeenshire . 27. The Stacks of Duncansby ...
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... side , may there be seen cumbering the pathway of the water , which seems quite powerless to move such masses and can only sweep round them or find a passage beneath them . But visit such a torrent when it is swollen with heavy rains or ...
... side , may there be seen cumbering the pathway of the water , which seems quite powerless to move such masses and can only sweep round them or find a passage beneath them . But visit such a torrent when it is swollen with heavy rains or ...
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... side to side . A mere pebble or projecting heap of earth or tuft of grass has sufficed to cause a bend . The water , though always descending , has only been able to reach the bottom by keeping the lowest levels , and turning from right ...
... side to side . A mere pebble or projecting heap of earth or tuft of grass has sufficed to cause a bend . The water , though always descending , has only been able to reach the bottom by keeping the lowest levels , and turning from right ...
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Archibald Geikie. FIG . 9. - Grand Cañon of the Colorado . ( Holmes . ) FIG . 10. - Gullies torn out of the side. III 33 EROSION OF CAÑONS.
Archibald Geikie. FIG . 9. - Grand Cañon of the Colorado . ( Holmes . ) FIG . 10. - Gullies torn out of the side. III 33 EROSION OF CAÑONS.
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