| 单词 | mountain of accumulation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain of accumulation b. Geology. The growth of a mountain by the accretion of material on its exterior, typically as a result of volcanic activity. Esp. in mountain of accumulation: a mountain which has grown by this process. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > type of iron mountain1658 jokul1780 table mountain1822 mountain of accumulation1864 voel1876 nunatak1877 monadnock1893 block mountain1896 fold mountain1908 hen-cackle1934 1864 D. Page Introd. Text-bk. Physical Geogr. vi. 74 Whatever may give the initial direction to a mountain-range, its subsequent increase is ever more a matter of accumulation than of upheaval. 1886 Sc. Geogr. Mag. 2 150 Mountains of Accumulation.—Volcanoes may be taken as the type of this class of mountains. 1939 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) x. 147 Two processes must be considered, viz., the process of denudation and the process of accumulation. 1969 B. Tufty 1001 Questions Nat. Land Disasters 78 The accumulation of this volcanic debris..combines with fluid lava flows to build up the volcanic cone. 2010 E. Thorpe & S. Thorpe Pearson Gen. Knowl. Man. a27/2 Mt Fujiyama in Japan, Mt Vesuvius in Italy..are examples of volcanic mountains. They are also called mountains of accumulation. < as lemmas |
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