Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains

About this eBook

Author

Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918

Title

Report on the geology of the Henry Mountains

Original Publication

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1877.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QE: Science: Geology

Subject

Intrusions (Geology) -- Utah -- Henry Mountains

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 75119

Release Date

January 16, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. — THE ROCK SERIES. — UNCONFORMITIES. — THE GREAT FOLDS. — CLIFFS AND PLATEAUS. — HOW TO REACH THE HENRY MOUNTAINS.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE STRUCTURE OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MOUNTAINS. — MOUNT ELLSWORTH. — MOUNT HOLMES. — MOUNT HILLERS. — MOUNT PENNELL. — MOUNT ELLEN. — STEREOGRAM OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE LACCOLITE. — The Material of the Laccolites.
8. 8.REPORT ON THE LITHOLOGIC CHARACTERS OF THE HENRY MOUNTAIN INTRUSIVES. — THE QUESTION OF CAUSE. — THE STRETCHING OF STRATA. — THE CONDITIONS OF ROCK FLEXURE. — THE QUESTION OF COVER AND THE QUESTION OF AGE. — HISTORY OF THE LACCOLITE.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. LAND SCULPTURE. — I.—EROSION. — A. PROCESSES OF EROSION. — B. CONDITIONS CONTROLLING EROSION. — II. SCULPTURE. — Sculpture and Declivity. — Sculpture and Structure; the Law of Structure. — The Law of Divides. — Sculpture and Climate. — Bad-lands. — Equal Action and Interdependence. — III.—SYSTEMS OF DRAINAGE. — THE STABILITY OF DRAINAGE LINES. — THE INSTABILITY OF DRAINAGE LINES. — THE STABILITY OF DIVIDES. — CONSEQUENT AND INCONSEQUENT DRAINAGE. — THE DRAINAGE OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. ECONOMIC.
11. 11.INDEX.

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