Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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Pagina 56
... be detected in its flora and fauna , terrestrial and marine . Raised beaches and sundry other proofs of very considerable elevation have been also observed on the opposite coast of Smith 56 ICE - WORK , PRESENT AND PAST.
... be detected in its flora and fauna , terrestrial and marine . Raised beaches and sundry other proofs of very considerable elevation have been also observed on the opposite coast of Smith 56 ICE - WORK , PRESENT AND PAST.
Pagina 71
... marine species . " But what makes the hills especially interesting to the 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 ...
... marine species . " But what makes the hills especially interesting to the 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 ...
Pagina 97
... marine origin call attention to the fact that terraces of a rather similar kind occur at lower levels in other parts of Scotland , especially on the western coast . On that of Norway two lines of sea - marks are common , appearing as ...
... marine origin call attention to the fact that terraces of a rather similar kind occur at lower levels in other parts of Scotland , especially on the western coast . On that of Norway two lines of sea - marks are common , appearing as ...
Pagina 98
... marine origin , alter their level but slowly , and the facts above stated merely require that the land in rising should be tilted slightly upwards towards the north , while it remained nearly at the same level towards the west . It is ...
... marine origin , alter their level but slowly , and the facts above stated merely require that the land in rising should be tilted slightly upwards towards the north , while it remained nearly at the same level towards the west . It is ...
Pagina 99
... marine origin of which is not to be disputed ; for these , as a rule , are unfossili- ferous , the remains of marine organisms being rare and local . It is very probable that if the ice - cap melted as the land sank , the valleys ...
... marine origin of which is not to be disputed ; for these , as a rule , are unfossili- ferous , the remains of marine organisms being rare and local . It is very probable that if the ice - cap melted as the land sank , the valleys ...
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Alpine Alps amount angular basin beneath boulder clay breccias Carboniferous chalk chap cliffs climate coast comparatively considerable crags débris descend direction distance district Drift elevation England Eocene erratics feet above sea-level fragments Geol geologists Geology Geology of England glacial deposits Glacial Epoch glaciers Glen Roy granite Greenland ground height higher hills hypothesis Ice Age ice-sheet ice-streams Illustrations inches indicate inland ice Irish Sea islands Jour lakes land land-ice latitude latter less lower lowlands Malaspina Glacier marine mass material melting miles Moel Tryfaen molluscs moraine mountain nearly neighbourhood névé northern Norway numerous Nunataks occasionally occur peaks pebbles places precipitation present probably Professor Quart range region ridges rise river roches moutonnées sands and gravels Scotland shells side slope snow snow-line sometimes southern stones stratified streams striated subangular submergence surface temperature terminal moraine thickness tion traced upper valley Wales western yards