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EARTH FEATURES AND THEIR MEANING 



[FiG. 277. Uplifted shingle beach across the entrance to a former bay upon 

 the coast of southern California (after a photograph by Fairbanks). 



Coast terraces. Upon those shores where to-day high moun- 

 tains front the sea, the coast may generally be seen to rise in a series 



of terraces (Fig. 278). This 

 is notably true of those coasts 

 which are to-day racked by 

 earthquakes, such as is the 

 eastern margin of the Pacific 

 from Alaska to Patagonia. 



FIG. 278. Raised beach terraces near Elie, _.,, , , , 



Fife, Scotland. Tne traveler by steamer along 



the coast from San Francisco 



to Chili has for weeks almost constantly in sight these giant steps 

 on which the mountains have been uplifted from the sea. In 



O WAVE-CUT OJff 



VPRA/SfD BEACH OF /B99 

 filOOERN BEACH 



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FIG. 279. 



Uplifted sea cliffs and terraces on the coast of Russell Fjord, Alaska 

 (after Tarr and Martin). 



Alaska we are fortunate in having the history of the later stages in 

 this uplift (Fig. 279). As described in a former chapter, portions 

 of this shore rose in the month of September of the year 1899 in 



