Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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Pagina 18
... latter mountains ; on the Chasseron they reach an 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 ...
... latter mountains ; on the Chasseron they reach an 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 ...
Pagina 19
... latter , however , are comparatively rare , though occa- sionally a monster , like those already mentioned , may be found ; as , for instance , the great block of impure serpentine lying some distance from the end of the Schwarzberg ...
... latter , however , are comparatively rare , though occa- sionally a monster , like those already mentioned , may be found ; as , for instance , the great block of impure serpentine lying some distance from the end of the Schwarzberg ...
Pagina 23
... latter have travelled for the whole way upon it . Similar narrow plains may often be observed in the upper parts of valleys , the heads of which are occupied by glaciers , as , for example , between Saas - im - grund and the Mattmark ...
... latter have travelled for the whole way upon it . Similar narrow plains may often be observed in the upper parts of valleys , the heads of which are occupied by glaciers , as , for example , between Saas - im - grund and the Mattmark ...
Pagina 28
... latter rock is called the löcherige Nagelfluh , or " pitted ' Nagelfluh , to distinguish it from the former . Similar gravels occur in many other places along the northern outskirts of the Alps ; and as they not unfrequently form " caps ...
... latter rock is called the löcherige Nagelfluh , or " pitted ' Nagelfluh , to distinguish it from the former . Similar gravels occur in many other places along the northern outskirts of the Alps ; and as they not unfrequently form " caps ...
Pagina 32
... latter here and there retaining signs of stratification . This deposit is covered by soil containing pebbles and erratics , generally about a yard in thickness . An adjoining pit affords a similar section , but the moraine . stuff , as ...
... latter here and there retaining signs of stratification . This deposit is covered by soil containing pebbles and erratics , generally about a yard in thickness . An adjoining pit affords a similar section , but the moraine . stuff , as ...
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