Ice-work, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1903 - 295 pagini |
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Pagina ix
... ice age . For instance , nothing is said of the coarse gravels on some upland plateaux and in certain river valleys , though many of them almost undoubtedly were formed when the climate was ... Glacial Epoch did not begin with PREFACE ix.
... ice age . For instance , nothing is said of the coarse gravels on some upland plateaux and in certain river valleys , though many of them almost undoubtedly were formed when the climate was ... Glacial Epoch did not begin with PREFACE ix.
Pagina x
... Glacial Epoch ; each of these topics having already formed the subject of a volume in this series . A few of the illustrations are from my own rough sketches . For the photograph of the ice - worn rocks near the Grimsel I am indebted to ...
... Glacial Epoch ; each of these topics having already formed the subject of a volume in this series . A few of the illustrations are from my own rough sketches . For the photograph of the ice - worn rocks near the Grimsel I am indebted to ...
Pagina xi
... GLACIAL EPOCH I. LAKE BASINS AND THEIR RELATION TO GLACIERS -THE PARALLEL ROADS OF GLENROY- ESKERS , ETC. II . ICE ... GLACIAL EPOCH II . POSSIBLE CAUSES OF A GLACIAL EPOCH III . THE NUMBER OF GLACIAL EF OCHS PAGE 3 38 79 • 120 • 206 ...
... GLACIAL EPOCH I. LAKE BASINS AND THEIR RELATION TO GLACIERS -THE PARALLEL ROADS OF GLENROY- ESKERS , ETC. II . ICE ... GLACIAL EPOCH II . POSSIBLE CAUSES OF A GLACIAL EPOCH III . THE NUMBER OF GLACIAL EF OCHS PAGE 3 38 79 • 120 • 206 ...
Pagina xiv
... Glacial Epoch , according to Professor Carvill Lewis • PAGE • 145 to face page 186 20. Map showing the Glaciated Area of Europe according to J. Geikie , and the Moraines in Britain and Germany according to Lewis and Salisbury . 21. Map ...
... Glacial Epoch , according to Professor Carvill Lewis • PAGE • 145 to face page 186 20. Map showing the Glaciated Area of Europe according to J. Geikie , and the Moraines in Britain and Germany according to Lewis and Salisbury . 21. Map ...
Pagina 19
... Epoch , or since this came to an end . Hence we may safely assume all the glacial deposits to be results of the ... glaciers , in order to ascertain what difference , if any , exists between the morainic material which is still in ...
... Epoch , or since this came to an end . Hence we may safely assume all the glacial deposits to be results of the ... glaciers , in order to ascertain what difference , if any , exists between the morainic material which is still in ...
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Pagina 59 - It was a beautifully clear evening, and we had a most enchanting view of the two magnificent ranges of mountains, whose lofty peaks, perfectly covered with eternal snow, rose to elevations varying from seven to ten thousand feet above the level of the ocean. The glaciers that filled their intervening valleys, and which descended from near the mountain summits, projected in many places several miles into the nea, and terminated in lofty perpendicular cliffs.