A Manual of Elementary Geology or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants as Illustrated by Geological Monuments

CHAPTER VI.

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DENUDATION.

Denudation defined--Its amount equal to the entire mass of stratified deposits in the earth's crust--Horizontal sandstone denuded in Ross-shire--Levelled surface of countries in which great faults occur--Coalbrook Dale--Denuding power of the ocean during the emergence of land--Origin of Valleys--Obliteration of sea-cliffs--Inland sea-cliffs and terraces in the Morea and Sicily--Limestone pillars at St. Mihiel, in France--in Canada--in the Bermudas 66