Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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... traced along the shore of Lake Leman , even down to Geneva . Here and there may be found a peculiar mottled green and white rock , which has started on its journey from crags on the upper part of the Allalin Glacier in the Saasthal.1 ...
... traced along the shore of Lake Leman , even down to Geneva . Here and there may be found a peculiar mottled green and white rock , which has started on its journey from crags on the upper part of the Allalin Glacier in the Saasthal.1 ...
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... traced on the Zurichberg.2 Excavations in this locality are usually sufficiently numerous to give a good idea of the material . The matrix is a greyish earthy loam or clay , fairly stiff ; the stones represent a great variety of rocks ...
... traced on the Zurichberg.2 Excavations in this locality are usually sufficiently numerous to give a good idea of the material . The matrix is a greyish earthy loam or clay , fairly stiff ; the stones represent a great variety of rocks ...
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... traced to within a few miles of Lyons . It is estimated that altogether the ancient glacier of the Rhone was not less than 270 miles in length . The glaciers on the southern sides of the Alps were hardly less extensive than on the ...
... traced to within a few miles of Lyons . It is estimated that altogether the ancient glacier of the Rhone was not less than 270 miles in length . The glaciers on the southern sides of the Alps were hardly less extensive than on the ...
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... traced back inland for distances of from thirty to fifty miles , widening out fan - fashion into huge glacier basins . These are divided by rounded upland spurs , which rise for about 5000 to over 6000 feet above sea - level , while the ...
... traced back inland for distances of from thirty to fifty miles , widening out fan - fashion into huge glacier basins . These are divided by rounded upland spurs , which rise for about 5000 to over 6000 feet above sea - level , while the ...
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... traced continuously for thousands of feet . Knowing the elevation of the southern precipice , one can easily estimate the thickness of the strata there exposed . From many eye - estimates , it is evident that the mini- mum thickness of ...
... traced continuously for thousands of feet . Knowing the elevation of the southern precipice , one can easily estimate the thickness of the strata there exposed . From many eye - estimates , it is evident that the mini- mum thickness of ...
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