 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1871 - 726 Seiten
...• • degrees. The strike, or line of bearing, is the prolongation or extension of the strata in a direction at right angles to the dip ; and hence...strike. It is always important for the geologist, who is endeavoring to comprehend the structure of a country, to learn how the beds dip in every part of the... | |
 | Kelly's directories, ltd - 1880 - 1174 Seiten
...inliers owe their exposure to a line of elevation running east and west; the beds curve over, dipping on one side to the north and on the other to the south : they consist here of greenish sands and irregular beds of gritty sand^one overlaid by yellowishwhite... | |
 | William Jerome Harrison - 1882 - 406 Seiten
...the Mendips the Carboniferous Limestone rests conformably on the Old Red Sandstone, dipping with it on one side to the north and on the other to the south, thus forming an anticlinal curve, the top of which however has been worn away by the denuding agencies... | |
 | Alfred John Jukes-Browne - 1884 - 574 Seiten
...line of outcrop when the surface is level and horizontal. Sir Charles Lyell compares dip and strike to a row of houses running east and west, " the long...side to the north, and on the other to the south." The line of strike, however, is not always a straight line, because any change in the direction of... | |
 | Alfred John Jukes-Browne - 1884 - 546 Seiten
...line of strike will only coincide with the line of oujtcrop when the surface is level and horizontal. on one side to the north, and on the other to the south." The line of strike, however, is not always a straight line, because any change in the direction of... | |
 | Alfred John Jukes-Browne - 1892 - 724 Seiten
...the surface is level and horizontal. EE Sir Charles Lyell compares dip and strike to a row of bouses running east and west, " the long ridge of the roof...side to the north, and on the other to the south." The line of strike, however, is not always a straight line, because any change in the direction of... | |
 | 1901 - 614 Seiten
...pure and dry, except during1 the Scirocco (SE wind). The entire island is mountainous, sloping on the one side to the North , and on the other to the South, with hardly any flat, and no marshy or malarious ground. These conditions prevent the stagnation of... | |
 | Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society - 1898 - 358 Seiten
...strata. In the Mendips the Mountain Limestone rests conformably on the old red sandstone, dipping with it on one side to the north and on the other to the south. The coalmeasures of the Radstock district are more than 6,000ft. thick. They contain plant-remains... | |
 | Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society - 1898 - 390 Seiten
...strata. In the Meudips the Mountain Limestone rests conformably on the old red sandstone, dipping with it on one side to the north and on the other to the south. The coalmeasures of the Radstock district are more than 6,000ft. thick. They contain plant-remains... | |
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... the direction of the strata. Thus, in the above instance of strata dipping to the north, their strike must necessarily be east and west. We have borrowed the word from the German geologists, streichen signifying to extend, to have a certain direction.... 
