Man and the Glacial PeriodD. Appleton, 1892 - 385 pagini |
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... feet by the overturning of trees or by the decay of the tap - root of trees . A suffi- cient answer to these ... thousands ) are buried more than a foot in depth ; while the argillite implements occur as low down . as fifteen or twenty ...
... feet by the overturning of trees or by the decay of the tap - root of trees . A suffi- cient answer to these ... thousands ) are buried more than a foot in depth ; while the argillite implements occur as low down . as fifteen or twenty ...
Pagina 9
... thousand feet in height , and the latter upwards of fourteen thou- sand . The area covered by glaciers and snow - fields in the Bernese Oberland , of which Finsteraarhorn is the culmi- nating point , is about three hundred and fifty ...
... thousand feet in height , and the latter upwards of fourteen thou- sand . The area covered by glaciers and snow - fields in the Bernese Oberland , of which Finsteraarhorn is the culmi- nating point , is about three hundred and fifty ...
Pagina 11
... feet ) , but at another point the depth was estimated by him to be four hundred and sixty metres ( or fifteen hun ... thousand feet , and all of them varying slightly in extent , from year to year , according as there are changes in the ...
... feet ) , but at another point the depth was estimated by him to be four hundred and sixty metres ( or fifteen hun ... thousand feet , and all of them varying slightly in extent , from year to year , according as there are changes in the ...
Pagina 12
... thousand feet above the sea pretty generally are gathering - places for glaciers . From the Justedal a snow - field , covering five hundred and eighty square miles , in latitude 62 ° , twenty- four glaciers push outwards towards the ...
... thousand feet above the sea pretty generally are gathering - places for glaciers . From the Justedal a snow - field , covering five hundred and eighty square miles , in latitude 62 ° , twenty- four glaciers push outwards towards the ...
Pagina 13
... thousand feet above the sea , over which the ice - field is continuous . Four great glaciers here descend to tide - wa- ter in Magdalena Bay . The largest of these presents at the front a wall of ice seven thousand feet across and three ...
... thousand feet above the sea , over which the ice - field is continuous . Four great glaciers here descend to tide - wa- ter in Magdalena Bay . The largest of these presents at the front a wall of ice seven thousand feet across and three ...
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Man and the Glacial Period George Frederick Wright,Henry Williamson Haynes Vizualizare completă - 1892 |
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