Ice-work, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1903 - 295 pagini |
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... elevation . rain is not common . So the glacier is born , so it is nourished . I have described its birthplace , I have dwelt on its beginning in some little detail , because in the pages which follow it will be necessary more than once ...
... elevation . rain is not common . So the glacier is born , so it is nourished . I have described its birthplace , I have dwelt on its beginning in some little detail , because in the pages which follow it will be necessary more than once ...
Pagina 18
... elevation of fully 3000 feet above the lowland , and from that their upper limit descends in either direc- tion.2 On the limestone slopes of the Jura above 1 The rock is a variety of euphotide , chiefly consisting of a saussuritic ...
... elevation of fully 3000 feet above the lowland , and from that their upper limit descends in either direc- tion.2 On the limestone slopes of the Jura above 1 The rock is a variety of euphotide , chiefly consisting of a saussuritic ...
Pagina 33
... bordering the Alps ice - worn rocks are seldom seen . Gravels such as have been de- scribed cover large areas to a considerable elevation с giant's kettle " was led to the discovery above the ALPINE GLACIERS , PRESENT AND PAST 33.
... bordering the Alps ice - worn rocks are seldom seen . Gravels such as have been de- scribed cover large areas to a considerable elevation с giant's kettle " was led to the discovery above the ALPINE GLACIERS , PRESENT AND PAST 33.
Pagina 39
... elevation , nowhere exhibit an accumulation of ice in any way comparable with that of Greenland . The same is true of the northern part of Siberia ; the cold there is no less intense than in the north of the other continent ; a very ...
... elevation , nowhere exhibit an accumulation of ice in any way comparable with that of Greenland . The same is true of the northern part of Siberia ; the cold there is no less intense than in the north of the other continent ; a very ...
Pagina 49
... elevation which frequently attains 4000 feet , and occasionally is considerably higher , bare ground during the summer season is not uncommon on the upper plateaux , while it is the rule in the lower regions near the coasts . Reindeer ...
... elevation which frequently attains 4000 feet , and occasionally is considerably higher , bare ground during the summer season is not uncommon on the upper plateaux , while it is the rule in the lower regions near the coasts . Reindeer ...
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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.