Ice-work, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1903 - 295 pagini |
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... geologists reckon , has elapsed since the ice melted from this part of the valley . Below the Handeck Falls , on approaching Guttannen , the Haslithal widens a little , and the distinctive outlines are to some extent obscured ; but no ...
... geologists reckon , has elapsed since the ice melted from this part of the valley . Below the Handeck Falls , on approaching Guttannen , the Haslithal widens a little , and the distinctive outlines are to some extent obscured ; but no ...
Pagina 29
... common . 1 A sandstone about Middle Tertiary in age . 2 These , however , are considered by Swiss geologists to belong to a different epoch of glaciation . angular to sub - rotund ; a few being quite ALPINE GLACIERS , PRESENT AND PAST 29.
... common . 1 A sandstone about Middle Tertiary in age . 2 These , however , are considered by Swiss geologists to belong to a different epoch of glaciation . angular to sub - rotund ; a few being quite ALPINE GLACIERS , PRESENT AND PAST 29.
Pagina 71
... geologist is the fact that they are composed of stratified morainal material . The stratification is con- spicuous even from a distance , but is due principally to slight changes in colour . Light purplish - brown alternating with light ...
... geologist is the fact that they are composed of stratified morainal material . The stratification is con- spicuous even from a distance , but is due principally to slight changes in colour . Light purplish - brown alternating with light ...
Pagina 81
... , which found much favour with some of the older geologists , is disposed of conclusively by showing that even the deepest and narrowest of F these lakes , when drawn on a true scale , RELATION OF GLACIERS TO LAKE BASINS 81.
... , which found much favour with some of the older geologists , is disposed of conclusively by showing that even the deepest and narrowest of F these lakes , when drawn on a true scale , RELATION OF GLACIERS TO LAKE BASINS 81.
Pagina 90
... geologists who are unable to accept Sir A. Ramsay's hypothesis attribute the larger lake basins . to differential movements of the earth's crust . mountain range or chain , they say , consists primarily of a group of parallel folds in ...
... geologists who are unable to accept Sir A. Ramsay's hypothesis attribute the larger lake basins . to differential movements of the earth's crust . mountain range or chain , they say , consists primarily of a group of parallel folds 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.