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
167. Longitudinal sections of upper portion of a river valley 161
168. Map and sections of a stream meander 163
169. Tree undermined on the outer bank of a meander 164
170. Diagrams to show the successive positions of stream meanders 164
171. An ox-bow lake in the flood plain of a river 165
172. Schematic representation of a series of river terraces 165
173. “Bird-foot” delta of the Mississippi River 167
174. Diagrams to show the nature of delta deposits as exhibited
in sections 168
175. Gorge of the River Rhine near St. Goars 169
176. Valley with rounded shoulders characteristic of the stage of
adolescence 170
177. View of a maturely dissected upland 170
178. Hogarth’s line of beauty 171
179. View of the oldland of New England, with Mount Monadnock
rising in the distance 171
180. Comparison of the cross sections of river valleys of
different stages 172
181. The Beavertail Bend of the Yakima River 173
182. A rejuvenated river valley 174
183. Plan of a river narrows 174
184. Successive diagrams to illustrate the origin of “trellis
drainage” 175
185. Sketch maps to show the earlier and present drainage near
Harper’s Ferry 176
186. Section to illustrate the history of Snickers Gap 177
187. Character profiles of landscapes shaped by stream erosion in
humid climates 177
188. Diagram to show the seasonal range in the position of the
water table 180
189. Diagram to show the effect of an impervious layer upon the
descending water 181
190. Sketch map to illustrate corrosion of limestone along two
series of vertical joints 181
191. Diagram to show the relation of limestone caverns to the
river system of the district 182
192. Plan of a portion of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky 183
193. Trees and shrubs growing upon the bottoms of limestone sinks 183
194. Diagrams to show the manner of formation of stalactites and
stalagmites 185
195. Sinter formations in the Luray caverns 186
196. Map of the dolines of the Karst region 187
197. Cross section of a doline formed by inbreak 187
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