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... marked medial moraines upon its sur- On nearing tide - level , the valley through which it flows is about three - quarters of a mile in width ; but , after emerging from the confinement of the valley , the ice spreads out over a fan ...
... marked medial moraines upon its sur- On nearing tide - level , the valley through which it flows is about three - quarters of a mile in width ; but , after emerging from the confinement of the valley , the ice spreads out over a fan ...
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... marked the continued course of as many main branches , which becoming united formed the grand trunk of the glacier . Numerous rocky eminences also projected above the surface of the ice , like islands in the sea , corresponding to what ...
... marked the continued course of as many main branches , which becoming united formed the grand trunk of the glacier . Numerous rocky eminences also projected above the surface of the ice , like islands in the sea , corresponding to what ...
Pagina 51
... marked by grooves and scratches more or less fine , and such as could not be produced by the action of water . But , when we consider the nature of a glacier , these marks seem to be just what would be produced by the pushing or ...
... marked by grooves and scratches more or less fine , and such as could not be produced by the action of water . But , when we consider the nature of a glacier , these marks seem to be just what would be produced by the pushing or ...
Pagina 55
... marked in our map as having been covered with ice dur- ing the Glacial period is characterised by deep and exten- FIG . 21. - Typical section of till in Seattle , Washington State , about two hundred feet above Puget Sound . This is on ...
... marked in our map as having been covered with ice dur- ing the Glacial period is characterised by deep and exten- FIG . 21. - Typical section of till in Seattle , Washington State , about two hundred feet above Puget Sound . This is on ...
Pagina 58
... marked G on the map ) , and the whole valley is dotted with Alpine boulders . Upon com- paring these with the native rocks in the Alps , Guyot in many cases was able to determine the exact centres from which they were distributed , and ...
... marked G on the map ) , and the whole valley is dotted with Alpine boulders . Upon com- paring these with the native rocks in the Alps , Guyot in many cases was able to determine the exact centres from which they were distributed , and ...
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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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