Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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... produce great mounds , almost comparable with rail- way embankments . It must not , however , be supposed that these consist entirely of débris . The ice beneath them , as in the case of the glacier - table , is protected from the rays ...
... produce great mounds , almost comparable with rail- way embankments . It must not , however , be supposed that these consist entirely of débris . The ice beneath them , as in the case of the glacier - table , is protected from the rays ...
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... produce considerable effect . If it trespasses upon ground previously uncovered , it encounters rugged surfaces and jutting ledges . These it gradually wears away , making the rough places smooth , as angles are replaced by curves and ...
... produce considerable effect . If it trespasses upon ground previously uncovered , it encounters rugged surfaces and jutting ledges . These it gradually wears away , making the rough places smooth , as angles are replaced by curves and ...
Pagina 49
... produce a considerable amount of herbage.1 Almost everywhere the lower ground near the coast seems free from permanent snow . This indeed will gather , as it does in the Alps at from eight to nine thousand feet . The hills rise from the ...
... produce a considerable amount of herbage.1 Almost everywhere the lower ground near the coast seems free from permanent snow . This indeed will gather , as it does in the Alps at from eight to nine thousand feet . The hills rise from the ...
Pagina 50
... produce a lake of some magnitude . This coast also , like the western one , affords indu- bitable evidence that the amount of ice in Greenland is less at the present time than at some earlier epoch . In the neighbourhood of Scoresby ...
... produce a lake of some magnitude . This coast also , like the western one , affords indu- bitable evidence that the amount of ice in Greenland is less at the present time than at some earlier epoch . In the neighbourhood of Scoresby ...
Pagina 66
... produce results locally very similar to those of a glacier , and the amount of material transported by floating ice ( sometimes to long distances ) is often very great . When the coast is steep , but its rocks consist of material rather ...
... produce results locally very similar to those of a glacier , and the amount of material transported by floating ice ( sometimes to long distances ) is often very great . When the coast is steep , but its rocks consist of material rather ...
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