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" We may consider the level of the sea to be a grand base level, below which the dry lands cannot be eroded; but we may also have, for local and temporary purposes, other base levels of erosion, which are the levels of the beds of the principal streams... "
The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London - Page 676
by Geological Society of London - 1879
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GFF, Volume 40

Geologiska föreningen (Sweden) - Geology - 1918 - 1024 pages
...dry lands eannot be eroded, but we may also have for local and temporary purpose, other base-levels of erosion, which are the levels of the beds of the...streams which carry away the products of erosion». De amerikanska geograferna och geologerna upptogo mycket snart termen. Det var också på amerikansk...
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Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries: Explored ...

America - 1875 - 472 pages
...this in another way. We may consider the level of the sea to be a grand base level, below which the dry lands cannot be eroded; but we may also have,...streams which carry away the products of erosion. (I take some liberty in using the term level in this connection, as the action of a running stream in...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 7

Science - 1875 - 806 pages
...this in another way. We may consider the level of the sea to be a grand base-level, below which the dry lands cannot be eroded ; but we may also have,...streams which carry away the products of erosion. (I take some liberty in using the term level in this connection, as the action of a running stream in...
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Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries: Explored ...

Smithsonian Institution, John Wesley Powell, Almon Harris Thompson, Elliott Coues, George Brown Goode - Canyons - 1875 - 470 pages
...this in another way. We may consider the level of the sea to be a grand base level, below which the dry lands cannot be eroded; but we may also have,...streams which carry away the products of erosion. (I take some liberty in using the term level in this connection, as the action of a running stream in...
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Science, Volume 1

John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1895 - 758 pages
...originally wrote : " We may consider the level of the sea to be a grand base level, below which the dry lands cannot be eroded, but we may also have,...purposes other base levels of erosion, which are the beds of the principal streams which carry away the products of erosion." (Colorado Eiver of the West,...
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Science, Volume 1

John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1895 - 858 pages
...eroded, but we may also have, for local and temporary purposes other base levels of erosion, which are the beds of the principal streams which carry away the products of erosion." (Colorado Eiver of the West, 1875, 203.) By using a few qualifying adjectives, there need be no confusion...
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Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Volume 24

Boston Society of Natural History - Natural history - 1890 - 634 pages
...baselevel of a region so long as the relative level of the land and sea does not change. He then adds, "but we may also have, for local and temporary purposes...principal streams which carry away the products of erosion."1 The context shows clearly that these two uses of the term are employed. These "local baselevels...
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Science, Volume 1

John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1895 - 818 pages
...originally wrote : " We may consider the level of the sea to be a grand base level, below which the dry lands cannot be eroded, but we may also have,...purposes other base levels of erosion, which are the beds of the principal streams which carry away the products of erosion." (Colorado Kiver of the West,...
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Rivers of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and Geology

Israel Cook Russell - Rivers - 1898 - 406 pages
...Tributaries, p. 203, 410. Washington, DC, 1875. also have, for local and temporary purposes, other baselevels of erosion, which are the levels of the beds of the...streams which carry away the products of erosion. I take some liberty in using the term level in this connection, as the action of a running stream in...
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Geographical Essays

William Morris Davis - Geography - 1909 - 800 pages
...lands cannot be eroded ; but we may also have, for local and temporary purposes, other base-levels of erosion, which are the levels of the beds of the...streams which carry away the products of erosion. (I take some liberty in using the term " level " in this connection, as the action of a running stream...
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