Report on the geology of the Henry MountainsGilbert, Grove Karl
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Report on the geology of the Henry Mountains
Gilbert, Grove Karl
Geology -- Utah -- Henry Mountains; Intrusions (Geology) -- Utah -- Henry Mountains
Declivity, General influence of, upon erosion, 102
of stream beds, relation to corrasion, 112
, relation to transportation, 108
, Relation of, to quantity of water, 113
Declivities, Influence of unequal, on divides, 140
Degradation (see Erosion), 99, 115
Delesse on contraction of igneous rocks in cooling, 76
Densities of igneous rocks, 75
of sedimentary rocks, 77
Density a condition of laccolitic intrusion, 73, 74
of porphyritic trachyte, 77
Denudation (see Erosion), 99, 115
of laccolites, 21
Deposition by running water, 111
Diameters of laccolites, 92
Dike near Mount Ellsworth, 59
Dikes and sheets defined, 20
, Flat-topped, 28
of Mount Ellsworth, 23
of Mount Holmes, 28
, Relation of, to strains, 96
Dinah Creek Pass, 3
Dirty Devil River, Flood-plains of, 131
Distances, Table of, 17
Distribution of laccolites, Horizontal, 20, 30
, Vertical, 21, 56
Divides in bad-lands, Rounding of, 122
, Instability of, 139
, Law of, 116
, Stability of, 138
Drainage lines, Instability of, 125
, Stability of, 124
, Systems of, 124, 143
Dutton, Capt. C. E., on the intrusive rocks, 61
Economic geology, 151
Elk Mountains, 69
Ellen Mount (see Mount Ellen).
Ellsworth Mount (see Mount Ellsworth).
Energy of muddy streams, 108
streams, how measured, 106
Equal action, Principle of, 123
Erosion, Conditions which control, 102
, Influence of climate upon, 103
, Influence of declivity upon, 102
Erosion, Influence of rock texture upon, 103
, Influence of vegetation upon, 104
of Mount Ellsworth, 25
, Principles of, 99
, Processes of, 99
Farming lands, 152
Faults on Mount Ellsworth, 23
Mount Holmes, 28
, Region of, 12, 15
Fish Lake Valley, Structure of, 14
Fissure veins limited in depth, 82
not found in the Henry Mountains, 83, 151
Flaming Gorge Group, 6
Flat-topped dikes, 28
Flexure of rocks, Conditions of, 83
Flood-plain defined, 127
Flow of streams, Friction of, 107, 109
Folds, The Great, 10, 11, 85
Forces which produce laccolitic arches, 87
Form of laccolites, 55
Frost, 104
Friction of flow of streams, 107, 109
Geikie laccolite, 41
Gold and silver, 151
Granite, Eruptive, 70
Graves, Mr. Walter H., 1
Gray Cliff Group, 6
Grazing lands, 152
Heights, 3, 117
Henry, Prof. Joseph, 1
Henry Mountains, Altitudes of the, 2, 117
caused by resistance of trachyte to erosion, 25, 35
, Contributions of the, to the principles of erosion, 99
, Detailed description of the, 22
, Drainage of the, 144
, Economic value of the, 152
, Planation in the, 127, 149
, Relation of vegetation to type of sculpture in the, 118
, Route of travel to the, 14;
their structure laccolitic, 19, 53
Henry’s Fork Group, 4
Hillers, Mount (see Mount Hillers).
Hills of planation, 130
Historical note, 66
History of the Colorado Basin, 84
Holmes, Mount (see Mount Holmes).
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