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III.—On Subaërial Denudation, and on Cliffs and Escarpments of the Chalk and Lower Tertiary Beds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

William Whitaker
William Whitaker
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Geological Survey of England.
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For some years geologists have more or less agreed in the view that the present features of the earth, whether hill, valley, or plain (with some small exceptions, as volcanic outbursts) have been formed directly by denudation; though indirectly disturbances, whether faults upheavals or sinkings, have of course had their effect in determining the flow, so to speak, of the denuding agent.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 4 , Issue 40 , October 1867 , pp. 447 - 454
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1867

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