Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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Pagina 82
... Scotland , and districts of North America , " the whole country is covered with a prodigious number of lakes . " Accordingly , all other explanations fail- ing , he concludes that one agency alone remains , 82 ICE - WORK , PRESENT AND PAST.
... Scotland , and districts of North America , " the whole country is covered with a prodigious number of lakes . " Accordingly , all other explanations fail- ing , he concludes that one agency alone remains , 82 ICE - WORK , PRESENT AND PAST.
Pagina 97
... Scotland , especially on the western coast . On that of Norway two lines of sea - marks are common , appearing as terraces in loose materials and as grooves or clifflets on the ice - worn rocks . On the coast of Peru they are not ...
... Scotland , especially on the western coast . On that of Norway two lines of sea - marks are common , appearing as terraces in loose materials and as grooves or clifflets on the ice - worn rocks . On the coast of Peru they are not ...
Pagina 98
... Scotland . To this it is answered that there is a beach in Glen Gluoy , and some traces are found , though at different levels , in Glen Spean and elsewhere . But terraces of this kind , as the Norway coast shows , are always rather ...
... Scotland . To this it is answered that there is a beach in Glen Gluoy , and some traces are found , though at different levels , in Glen Spean and elsewhere . But terraces of this kind , as the Norway coast shows , are always rather ...
Pagina 100
... Scotland in the 1 Condensed or quoted from paper by Mr. T. F. Jamieson . Quart Jour . Geol . Soc . , xlviii . ( 182 ) , p . 5 . Glacial Epoch extended southward from Ben Nevis over the Moor 20 ICE - WORK , PRESENT AND PAST.
... Scotland in the 1 Condensed or quoted from paper by Mr. T. F. Jamieson . Quart Jour . Geol . Soc . , xlviii . ( 182 ) , p . 5 . Glacial Epoch extended southward from Ben Nevis over the Moor 20 ICE - WORK , PRESENT AND PAST.
Pagina 105
... Scotland became covered with pools and lakes , which would go on filling until the water reached the lip of the basin , when the surplus waters would escape along the natural lines of drainage , either on or beneath the ice , to some ...
... Scotland became covered with pools and lakes , which would go on filling until the water reached the lip of the basin , when the surplus waters would escape along the natural lines of drainage , either on or beneath the ice , to some ...
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