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
56. Escarpment produced by an earthquake fault in India 72
57. A fault of lateral displacement 72
58. Fence parted and displaced by lateral displacement on fault
during California earthquake 72
59. Fault with vertical and lateral displacements combined 72
60. Diagram to show how small faults may be masked at the
earth’s surface 73
61. “Mole hill” effect above buried earthquake fault 73
62. Post-glacial earthquake faults 74
63. Earthquake cracks in Colorado desert 74
64. Railway tracks broken or buckled at time of earthquake 75
65. Railroad bridge in Japan damaged by earthquake 75
66. Diagrams to show contraction of earth’s crust during an
earthquake 76
67. Map of the Chedrang fault of India 76
68. Displacements along earthquake fault in Alaska 77
69. Abrupt change in direction of throw upon an earthquake fault 77
70. Map of faults in the Owens Valley, California, formed during
earthquake of 1872 78
71. Marquetry of the rock floor in the Tonopah district, Nevada 79
72. Map of Alaskan coast to show adjustments of level during an
earthquake 79
73. An Alaskan shore elevated seventeen feet during the
earthquake of 1899 80
74. Partially submerged forest from depression of shore in
Alaska during earthquake 80
75. Effect of settlement of the shore at Port Royal during
earthquake of 1907 80
76. Diagrams to illustrate the draining of lakes during
earthquakes 83
77. Diagram to illustrate the derangements of water flow during
an earthquake 84
78. Mud cones aligned upon an earthquake fissure in Servia 84
79. Craterlet formed near Charleston, South Carolina, during the
earthquake of 1886 85
80. Cross section of a craterlet 85
81. Map of the island of Ischia to show the concentration of
earthquake shocks 87
82. A line of earth fracture revealed in the plan of the relief 87
83. Seismotectonic lines of the West Indies 88
84. Device to illustrate the different effects of earthquakes in
firm rock and in loose materials 88
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