Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General ReaderHobbs, William Herbert
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Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General Reader
Hobbs, William Herbert
Geology; Physical geography
24. Diagrams to illustrate the shapes of rock folds 44
25. Secondary and tertiary flexures superimposed upon the
primary ones 44
26. A bent stratum to illustrate tension and compression upon
opposite sides 45
27. A geological section with truncated arches restored 47
28. Diagram to illustrate the nature of strike and dip 47
29. Diagram to show the use of T symbols for strike and dip
observation 48
30. Diagram to show how the thickness of a formation is
determined 49
31. A plunging anticline 50
32. A plunging syncline 50
33. An unconformity upon the coast of California 51
34. Series of diagrams to illustrate the episodes involved in
the production of an angular unconformity 52
35. Types of deceptive or erosional unconformities 53
36. A set of master joints in shale 55
37. Diagram to show the manner of replacement of one set of
joints by another 56
38. Diagram to show the different combinations of joint series 56
39. View of the shore in West Greenland 57
40. View in Iceland which shows joint intervals of more than one
order 57
41. Faulted blocks of basalt near Woodbury, Connecticut 58
42. A fault in previously disturbed strata 59
43. Diagram to show the effect of erosion upon a fault 60
44. A fault plane exhibiting drag 60
45. Map to show how a fault may be indicated by abrupt changes
in strike and dip 61
46. A series of parallel faults revealed by offsets 61
47. Field map prepared from the laboratory table 64
48. Areal geological map based upon the field map 64
49. A portion of the ruins of Messina 67
50. Ruins of the Carnegie Palace of Peace at Cartaga, Costa Rica 68
51. Overturned bowlders from Assam earthquake of 1897 69
52. Post sunk into ground during Charleston earthquake 69
53. Map showing localities where shocks have been reported at
sea off Cape Mendocino, California 70
54. Effect of seismic water wave in Japan 70
55. A fault of vertical displacement 71
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