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"GEosoNY."-Mr. j. Stanley Grimes has in press
work designed to eucidste the physical laws which
govern the formation and shape Of mountains cont.
nepts, eeas, 90. He says:
elm this ire atse the essential facts Of Geology AID
and PLY steal Geography mostly accounted for ~.
on the theory that the weight Of the Atmosphere the
oceap srd the stratifed depoSits pressing unequay
upon The granite crust Of the earth, causes 1t to snk
mt auslly and by reaction produces upward move
mems Of the lava and Of the land, and gives birth to
earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains and continents
a y
The difference Of temperature between the equator and
the poles began to operate, there would immediately
e mmepce a movement OF currents from the poles 10
the equator and back again, to restore the equonau
The paths pursued by the ocean currents soon %,
came heaped with fesvy mass OF detntus-grevei
and sediment-which was precpitsstd aod deposited
there. .
When water runs the most rapidly il becomes the
most heavily charged with SEDIMENT and waen It runs
the most slowly it drops the particles Of sediment the
most copiously.
"Tnere are some substances that are held in solu-
ton by cold water but which are immediately precpi-
ted al deposited at the bottom wh!o the wateI 1e
comes warmed This is the case with Inns, esp eciaS
when the water contains considerable carbonic aco.
"When, by the regular operation Of the currents.
series Of strata formed along the course sod dec
condition of the esrfh's primitive crust its weight
caused subsidepoe of the crust prcporOnate to tho
quantity of the sediment accumulated in one place
II would be impossible Tor such suoaoencs Oh .
long ridge Of strata TO take place without
corresponding elevation parallel to tbs line OF saosi
der CO. ard sso parallel to the course OF the current
"Wbep two parallel currents run in opposite direc-
TORS 20 near 10 each other as to some interfere
and moe eI ate each others movements, the elect 10
cause an uncommon precipitation Of sediment az the
ptirts of mutual contact and consequently at soeh
points subside nee and elevation would be most likely
TO take place, the effect OF which would be TO place
ridge or line of elevation between the two currents
that would prevent their further Interference with each
other Each current afterwsrd, instead OF impngieg
against another current, would impipge against its
own shore or sde Of the elevated ridge AID impress
With its cwn character, curve, and direction.
III the elevation extends north and south, and is
very long it has its eastern eide ooncsve at the end
which s toward the POLE and convex at the eastern
side Of the other end. Its western eide viii be the re-
verse Of tbis that s 10 say the end which is toward
The pole will be convex, while that which is toward
the EQUATOR will be coscsve. The mountains and
shores Of the western pnt Of North Amsrics are
coed Illustration. ,,
All normal oceanic currents invariably run from
the poIe on the estern sidee Of elevations aud all nor
mai currens that run torard the pole take the easter"