Stream Sculpture on the Atlantic Slope : : A Study in the Evolution of Appalachian Rivers / / Douglas Johnson.

Presented is an interpretation of the evolution and formation of the Appalachian highlands and adjacent areas from the late 1800's through the beginning of the 1900's.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1931]
©1931
Year of Publication:1931
Language:English
Series:Columbia Geomorphic Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (146 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PART I: THE THEORY OF REGIONAL SUPERPOSITION
  • CHAPTER ONE. PREVIOUS THEORIES OF APPALACHIAN HISTORY
  • CHAPTER TWO. THE THEORY OF REGIONAL SUPERPOSITION OF APPALACHIAN DRAINAGE
  • PART II: CONSIDERATIONS FAVORABLE TO THE THEORY OF REGIONAL SUPERPOSITION
  • CHAPTER THREE. CONSIDERATIONS FAVORABLE TO THE THEORY OF REGIONAL SUPERPOSITION
  • PART III: IMPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY OF REGIONAL SUPERPOSITION
  • CHAPTER FOUR. FORMER GREAT EXTENT OF THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
  • CHAPTER FIVE. HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA DRAINAGE
  • CHAPTER SIX. THE RIVERS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. SUPERPOSED SUBSEQUENT DRAINAGE OF THE WATCHUNG CRESCENT
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. CONCLUSION
  • INDEX