Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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Pagina vii
... seem to be written , in most cases , more with a view to advocating some particular interpretation of the facts than of describ- ing the facts themselves . As regards these , it appears not seldom to be tacitly assumed that they must ...
... seem to be written , in most cases , more with a view to advocating some particular interpretation of the facts than of describ- ing the facts themselves . As regards these , it appears not seldom to be tacitly assumed that they must ...
Pagina ix
... seems to me , in the present state of our knowledge , the most perplexing of all the problems which this Epoch presents . Glacial geology is a large subject : the volumes of this series are comparatively small . Hence , in order to keep ...
... seems to me , in the present state of our knowledge , the most perplexing of all the problems which this Epoch presents . Glacial geology is a large subject : the volumes of this series are comparatively small . Hence , in order to keep ...
Pagina 4
... seem nearly a plain , and its surface is almost unbroken . It is only as the slope steepens , on approaching the base of the actual peaks or the foot of the curtain walls , that crevasses become frequent . Then the frozen snow , for ...
... seem nearly a plain , and its surface is almost unbroken . It is only as the slope steepens , on approaching the base of the actual peaks or the foot of the curtain walls , that crevasses become frequent . Then the frozen snow , for ...
Pagina 25
... ice , except that they are sometimes slightly more consolidated , and that the ratio of fine 1 Geological Magazine , 1876 p . 198 . to coarse stuff seems to increase with the distance from ALPINE GLACIERS , PRESENT AND PAST 25.
... ice , except that they are sometimes slightly more consolidated , and that the ratio of fine 1 Geological Magazine , 1876 p . 198 . to coarse stuff seems to increase with the distance from ALPINE GLACIERS , PRESENT AND PAST 25.
Pagina 26
... seems 1 Fresh sections can be seen by the side of a little path which turns off from the highroad just before the bridge at the entrance to Reichenau from Chur . to be about one - half of the whole mass 26 ICE - WORK , PRESENT AND PAST.
... seems 1 Fresh sections can be seen by the side of a little path which turns off from the highroad just before the bridge at the entrance to Reichenau from Chur . to be about one - half of the whole mass 26 ICE - WORK , PRESENT AND PAST.
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