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
259. Map to show the nature of the shore current and the forms
which are molded by it 238
260. Crescent-shaped beach in the lee of a headland 239
261. Cross section of a beach pebble 239
262. A storm beach on the northeast shore of Green Bay 240
263. Spit of shingle on Au Train Island, Lake Superior 240
264. Barrier beach in front of a lagoon 241
265. Cross section of a barrier beach with lagoon in its rear 242
266. Cross section of a series of barriers and an outer bar 242
267. A barrier series and an outer bar on Lake Mendota at
Madison, Wisconsin 242
268. Series of barriers at the western end of Lake Superior 243
269. Character profiles resulting from wave action upon shores 243
270. The even shore line of a raised coast 246
271. The ragged coast line produced by subsidence 246
272. Portion of the Atlantic coastal plain at the base of the
oldland 246
273. Ideal form of cuestas and intermediate lowlands carved from
a coastal plain 247
274. Uplifted sea cave on the coast of California 248
275. Double-notched cliff near Cape Tiro, Celebes 248
276. Uplifted stacks on the coast of California 249
277. Uplifted shingle beach across the entrance to a former bay
upon the coast of California 250
278. Raised beach terraces near Elie, Fife, Scotland 250
279. Uplifted sea cliffs and terraces on the Alaskan coast 250
280. Diagrams to show how excessive sinking upon the sea floor
will cause the shore to migrate landward 251
281. A drowned river mouth or estuary upon a coastal plain 251
282. Archipelago of steep rocky islets due to submergence 252
283. The submerged Hudsonian channel which continues the Hudson
River across the continental shelf 252
284. Marine clay deposits near the mouths of the Maine rivers
which preserve a record of earlier subsidence and later
elevation 253
285. View of the three standing columns of the Temple of Jupiter
Serapis, at Pozzuoli 254
286. Three successive views to set forth the recent oscillations
of level on the northern shore of the Bay of Naples 255
287. Relief map of San Clemente Island, California 256
288. Relief map of Santa Catalina Island, California 257
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