Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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Pagina ix
... pass rapidly over some points of considerable interest , and to omit others which have a less direct connection with an ice age . For instance , nothing is said of the coarse gravels on some upland plateaux and in certain river valleys ...
... pass rapidly over some points of considerable interest , and to omit others which have a less direct connection with an ice age . For instance , nothing is said of the coarse gravels on some upland plateaux and in certain river valleys ...
Pagina 27
... pass to examine the deposits on the lowlands . Those which occur in the neigh- bourhood of the Lake of Zurich may be taken as an example , for here we are on ground which is classic in the history of the work of ice . This region ...
... pass to examine the deposits on the lowlands . Those which occur in the neigh- bourhood of the Lake of Zurich may be taken as an example , for here we are on ground which is classic in the history of the work of ice . This region ...
Pagina 30
... pass a small hazel - nut . The mass is not stratified , except perhaps in one or two places , where this structure seems to be very faintly indicated . In one opening the base of the mass was exposed . It was underlain by about five ...
... pass a small hazel - nut . The mass is not stratified , except perhaps in one or two places , where this structure seems to be very faintly indicated . In one opening the base of the mass was exposed . It was underlain by about five ...
Pagina 45
... pass through the de- pression between two " Nunataks " in the direction of the great effluent , the surface of which is already lying at a lower level . Thus the offshoot becomes relatively a tributary glacier , though from a common ...
... pass through the de- pression between two " Nunataks " in the direction of the great effluent , the surface of which is already lying at a lower level . Thus the offshoot becomes relatively a tributary glacier , though from a common ...
Pagina 79
... which the latter presents . These we pass on to consider . The first - the vexed question of the part played by large masses of ice 7 79 LAKE BASINS AND THEIR RELATION TO GLACIERS -THE PARALLEL ROADS OF GLENROY- ESKERS, ETC ·
... which the latter presents . These we pass on to consider . The first - the vexed question of the part played by large masses of ice 7 79 LAKE BASINS AND THEIR RELATION TO GLACIERS -THE PARALLEL ROADS OF GLENROY- ESKERS, ETC ·
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