Studies in Geology; A Laboratory Manual Based on Topographic Maps and Folios of the United States Geological Survey, for Use with Classes in Physiogra - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...of Deer Canyon and Day Canyon, on the Cucamonga sheet. Explain how this process aids in forming a piedmont alluvial plain. 10. Lexington sheet: a) Explain the network of streams in the channel of the Platte River. b) What is the probable explanation of the hills about six miles northwest of Lexington? c) In view of the fact suggested by a), account for the high gradient of the Platte River. 11. Arrange the Missouri sheets, so as to show the continuous course of the Missouri River: a) Is deposition now in progress? The evidence? b) Is deposition going on more rapidly at the upstream or the down-stream ends of the islands? Explain. c) How are the various lakes on the flood plain to be accounted for? d) Evidences that the river has shifted its course? Where are other shifts likely to occur? e) In what ways may the general difference in width of the flood plain above and below Glasgow be accounted for? f) Has the difference in topography, and the condition of the tributary streams above and below Glasgow, any bearing on the problem? g) Explain why the Wakenda, Grand, and Chariton Rivers flow parallel with the main after entering the valley, h) Why are there fewer roads on the flood plain than on the upland? i) Explain what determined the location of Miami, DeWitt, Cambridge, Glasgow, Saline City, Lisbon, and Arrow Rock. 12. a) Explain the extremely steep slopes of the walls of the valley of Kentucky River, Lockport sheet, not now touched by the river, such as those west of Polsgrove and east of Craddock Bottom. b) Explain the curved cliff and flat east of Bethel Church (south central, and southeast rectangles). 13. Explain the form and distribution of the higher land shown on the Louisiana sheets. 14. Note the alluvial deposits northeast from...
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230209301
- ISBN 13 9781230209302
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages18
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