Ice-work, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1903 - 295 pagini |
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... former path.1 Boulders and débris from time to time slip into the stream and are swept down 1 These wells in the ice are called moulins . the waterfall ; they are hurled against the rock be-. ALPINE GLACIERS , PRESENT AND PAST 13.
... former path.1 Boulders and débris from time to time slip into the stream and are swept down 1 These wells in the ice are called moulins . the waterfall ; they are hurled against the rock be-. ALPINE GLACIERS , PRESENT AND PAST 13.
Pagina 23
... former have been brought by the torrent , or at any rate have performed much of their journey , beneath the ice ; the latter have travelled for the whole way upon it . Similar narrow plains may often be observed in the upper parts of ...
... former have been brought by the torrent , or at any rate have performed much of their journey , beneath the ice ; the latter have travelled for the whole way upon it . Similar narrow plains may often be observed in the upper parts of ...
Pagina 28
... former . Similar gravels occur in many other places along the northern outskirts of the Alps ; and as they not unfrequently form " caps " to more perishable underlying beds , they have also been named Deckenschotter . the top , but also ...
... former . Similar gravels occur in many other places along the northern outskirts of the Alps ; and as they not unfrequently form " caps " to more perishable underlying beds , they have also been named Deckenschotter . the top , but also ...
Pagina 42
... former , if the great ice - sheet which now masks its interior were reduced to a few isolated glaciers , would probably present a very close resem- blance to the latter . Norway also is pierced with fjords ; it is fringed with islands ...
... former , if the great ice - sheet which now masks its interior were reduced to a few isolated glaciers , would probably present a very close resem- blance to the latter . Norway also is pierced with fjords ; it is fringed with islands ...
Pagina 55
... former is twice daily oscillating with the change of tides , it is easy to see how a line of junction is impossible ; and the height of the surface of the ice- foot above the level of high water is mainly dependent on the amount of ...
... former is twice daily oscillating with the change of tides , it is easy to see how a line of junction is impossible ; and the height of the surface of the ice- foot above the level of high water is mainly dependent on the amount of ...
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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.