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Chapter Vii—Joint Action of Denudation, Upheaval, and Subsidence in

The Student's Elements of Geology · Charles Lyell — chapter 7 of 76 · ~85 words · public domain

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REMODELLING THE EARTH’S CRUST. How we obtain an Insight at the Surface, of the Arrangement of Rocks at great Depths. — Why the Height of the successive Strata in a given Region is so disproportionate to their Thickness. — Computation of the average annual Amount of subaërial Denudation. — Antagonism of Volcanic Force to the Levelling Power of running Water. — How far the Transfer of Sediment from the Land to a neighbouring Sea-bottom may affect Subterranean Movements. — Permanence of Continental and Oceanic Areas.

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