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... probably down to the rock , certainly more than two thousand feet beneath , on which the glacier rested . " * - At the end of the eighteen days Nordenskiöld found himself about a hundred and fifty miles from his starting- point , and ...
... probably down to the rock , certainly more than two thousand feet beneath , on which the glacier rested . " * - At the end of the eighteen days Nordenskiöld found himself about a hundred and fifty miles from his starting- point , and ...
Pagina 36
... probably far into the At- lantic , the productive part of the glacier is 4,500 metres ( about 2 miles ) broad . The movement along its middle line , which is quicker than on the sides nearer the shores , can be rated at fifty feet per ...
... probably far into the At- lantic , the productive part of the glacier is 4,500 metres ( about 2 miles ) broad . The movement along its middle line , which is quicker than on the sides nearer the shores , can be rated at fifty feet per ...
Pagina 45
... probably here much greater than in the tributaries , the rapidity of movement is between two and three times as great as that of any one of the branches . * From Tyndall's observations it appears also that the line of most rapid motion ...
... probably here much greater than in the tributaries , the rapidity of movement is between two and three times as great as that of any one of the branches . * From Tyndall's observations it appears also that the line of most rapid motion ...
Pagina 75
... probably taken place gradually by successive deposits underneath the glacier itself . Professor William M. Davis has suggested a plausible explanation which we will briefly state . The frequency with which drumlins are found to rest ...
... probably taken place gradually by successive deposits underneath the glacier itself . Professor William M. Davis has suggested a plausible explanation which we will briefly state . The frequency with which drumlins are found to rest ...
Pagina 94
... Probably , however , they are not due in any great degree to glacial erosion , but they seem to occupy north - and - south valleys which had been largely formed by streams running towards the St. Lawrence when there was , by some means ...
... Probably , however , they are not due in any great degree to glacial erosion , but they seem to occupy north - and - south valleys which had been largely formed by streams running towards the St. Lawrence when there was , by some means ...
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