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... accumulation of earthy débris at the stationary point , since the motion of the ice is constantly bearing its lines ... accumulations are called terminal moraines , and the process of their formation may be seen at the foot of almost any ...
... accumulation of earthy débris at the stationary point , since the motion of the ice is constantly bearing its lines ... accumulations are called terminal moraines , and the process of their formation may be seen at the foot of almost any ...
Pagina 41
... in dimensions ,. and present at the present time accumulations of land - ice- so extensive , so deep , and so alive with motion as to pre- pare our minds for almost anything that may be suggested EXISTING GLACIERS . 41.
... in dimensions ,. and present at the present time accumulations of land - ice- so extensive , so deep , and so alive with motion as to pre- pare our minds for almost anything that may be suggested EXISTING GLACIERS . 41.
Pagina 66
... accumulations bordering the southern shore of New England , the characteristic marks of glacial action can readily be detected even by the casual observer , and prolonged examination will amply confirm the first im- pression . The ...
... accumulations bordering the southern shore of New England , the characteristic marks of glacial action can readily be detected even by the casual observer , and prolonged examination will amply confirm the first im- pression . The ...
Pagina 67
... accumulation . Almost any of the railroad excavations in the city of Brooklyn present an interesting object - lesson respecting the composition of a terminal moraine . All these things are true also of the lines of moraine farther east ...
... accumulation . Almost any of the railroad excavations in the city of Brooklyn present an interesting object - lesson respecting the composition of a terminal moraine . All these things are true also of the lines of moraine farther east ...
Pagina 68
... accumulated upon a mass of compact snow or ice , it will be found to settle down in an irregular manner ; furrows will be formed in various directions by currents of water , so that the melt- ing will proceed irregularly , and produce ...
... accumulated upon a mass of compact snow or ice , it will be found to settle down in an irregular manner ; furrows will be formed in various directions by currents of water , so that the melt- ing will proceed irregularly , and produce ...
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Man and the Glacial Period G. Frederick (George Frederick) Wright,Henry W. (Henry Williamson) 183 Haynes Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2016 |
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8vo Parchment Library A. E. WAITE accumulation Alps America animals basin boulder-clay boulders cave channel clay coast containing County Crown 8vo débris depth drainage drift east elevation Elzevir 8vo Parchment England erosion Europe evidence extending Fcap Fifth Edition flints Fort Snelling Fourth Edition Frontispiece Geological glacial deposits Glacial epoch glacial ice glacial motion Glacial period glaciated area glaciated region glaciers Grammar granite gravel Greenland height hills hundred feet Ice age ice-sheet Illustrations implements Irish Sea Island Lake Lake Agassiz land latitude loess mass miles Mountains névé northern northward numerous Ohio Parchment or cloth Pliocene portion Post 8vo preglacial present Professor Rhône Glacier ridges River rocks Rocky sand Sanskrit Second Edition shells side southern southward species strata streams subsidence surface terminal moraine terraces Tertiary Thenay theory Third Edition thousand feet tion Translated tributary Trübner's Oriental Series valley Vellum vicinity vols
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