Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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... 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 showing the Glacial ...
... 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 showing the Glacial ...
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... according as they are more easily retained in the grip of the ice . This causes them to assume a peculiar subangular form , the broader surfaces being marked by striations , which not seldom are irregular in direction . Yet one other ...
... according as they are more easily retained in the grip of the ice . This causes them to assume a peculiar subangular form , the broader surfaces being marked by striations , which not seldom are irregular in direction . Yet one other ...
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... according to Lieutenant Ryder's report , moraines , glacial stria- tions , and roches moutonnées are met with everywhere without the margin of the inland ice , even on the tops of plateaux at a height of 4300 feet . Whether this retreat ...
... according to Lieutenant Ryder's report , moraines , glacial stria- tions , and roches moutonnées are met with everywhere without the margin of the inland ice , even on the tops of plateaux at a height of 4300 feet . Whether this retreat ...
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... according to the excellent summary given by Dr. J. Murray , is pro- bably surrounded by a continent even larger than Australia , i.e. , nearly 4,000,000 square miles in area . Its form is somewhat irregular . The land , so far as is ...
... according to the excellent summary given by Dr. J. Murray , is pro- bably surrounded by a continent even larger than Australia , i.e. , nearly 4,000,000 square miles in area . Its form is somewhat irregular . The land , so far as is ...
Pagina 62
... ( according to Dr. Donald ) cannot exceed a thickness of about 700 feet at their ends . It must , however , be remembered that the great ice wall does not generally come farther south than latitude 70 ° , so that in the Antarctic region ...
... ( according to Dr. Donald ) cannot exceed a thickness of about 700 feet at their ends . It must , however , be remembered that the great ice wall does not generally come farther south than latitude 70 ° , so that in the Antarctic region ...
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