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
198. Sharp Karren of the Ifenplatte 188
199. The Zirknitz seasonal lake 189
200. Fissure springs arranged at intersections of rock fractures 190
201. Schematic diagrams to illustrate the different types of
artesian wells 191
202. Cross section of Geysir, Iceland 192
203. Apparatus for simulating geyser action 193
204. Cone of siliceous sinter about the Lone Star Geyser 194
205. Former shore lines in the Great Basin 198
206. Map of the former Lake Bonneville 199
207. Borax deposits in Death Valley, California 201
208. Hollowed forms of weathered granite in a desert of Central
Asia 201
209. Hollow hewn blocks in a wall in the Wadi Guerraui 202
210. Smooth granite domes shaped by exfoliation 203
211. Granite blocks rent by diffission 204
212. “Mushroom Rock” from a desert in Wyoming 205
213. Windkanten shaped by sand blast in the desert 205
214. The “stone lattice” of the desert 206
215. Shadow erosion in the desert 206
216. Cliffs in loess with characteristic vertical jointing 207
217. A cañon in loess worn by traffic and wind 207
218. Diagrams to illustrate the effects of obstructions in
arresting wind-driven sand 209
219. Sand accumulating on either side of a firm and impenetrable
obstruction 210
220. Successive diagrams to illustrate the history of the town of
Kunzen upon the Kurische Nehrung 210
221. View of desert barchans 211
222. Diagrams to show the relationships of dunes to sand supply
and wind direction 211
223. Ideal section showing the rising mountain wall about a
desert and the neighboring slope 212
224. Dry delta at the foot of a range upon the borders of a
desert 213
225. Map of distributaries of streams which issue at the western
base of the Sierra Nevadas 213
226. A group of “demoiselles” in the “bad lands” 214
227. Amphitheater at the head of the Wadi Beni Sur 215
228. Mesa and outlier in the Leucite Hills of Wyoming 216
229. Flat-bottomed basin separating dunes 216
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