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4. On the Cause which has produced the Present Form and Condition of the Earth's Surface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

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The author first described, generally, the appearance of the loose materials covering the surface; and referred to some districts in the north of Scotland, especially the central one on the borders of Perth and Inverness shires, as demonstrating the effects of vast currents of water having passed over the surface. He also referred to the valleys of the river Conan and its tributaries, in Ross-shire, as presenting an epitome of all the phenomena which may be supposed to result from a vast flood gradually subsiding, and taking the direction of the valleys. He then shortly alluded to the theories proposed to account for the present condition of the surface, which appear to resolve themselves into the effects of a remote cause.

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Proceedings 1844-45
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1850

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