. The building of an island : being a sketch of the geological structure of the Danish West Indian island of St. Croix, or Santa Cruz. Geology -- Virgin Islands of the United States Saint Croix. How it is NOT. Fig. 2:. How it is. we have selected to examine has heen effected. Along the lowest line of the vallev we find a small stream runninsj, which starts amonar the hills at the back af Christiansted and runs into the sea, near the estate Hope. If we examine the sides of the watercourse aionsf which this stream runs, we see that it is mostly bordered by steep banks, and that these, first in o
. The building of an island : being a sketch of the geological structure of the Danish West Indian island of St. Croix, or Santa Cruz. Geology -- Virgin Islands of the United States Saint Croix. How it is NOT. Fig. 2:. How it is. we have selected to examine has heen effected. Along the lowest line of the vallev we find a small stream runninsj, which starts amonar the hills at the back af Christiansted and runs into the sea, near the estate Hope. If we examine the sides of the watercourse aionsf which this stream runs, we see that it is mostly bordered by steep banks, and that these, first in one part and then in another, are being cut down by the water accumulated in the brook after heavy rains, so that the material which forms them is removed farther on and lodged there and ultimately carried out to sea. It seems, at first sight, impossible that this little stream can be the chisel which has carved out the wide vallev through which it runs. Neither could it have done this great work without assistance, but when wi- notice what happens over the whole vallev after a heavy fall of rain, we shall see that a number of tiny rills run down the sides of the valley from all parts, everyone of them muddy, and everyone of them, therefore, show- ing its power to remove a modicum of the solid land and lodge it lower down, ultimately to reach the sea. Every other valley in the island shows the same thing. Let us look, for example, at the three or four small streams that come down during heavy rains from the hills lying south of Christiansted; we find them all carrying down mud, sand, and sometimes even stones, to the sea. After such a rain the harbour is discoloured for a long distance from the shore. If we then look up at the forms of the valleys from which these streamlets run and from which the\' are carrying away all this material, we see that the main vallevs all have numerous smaller valle\s which have been cut out of the. Please note that these images are extracted from s
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