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... produced by pressure on the gentler slopes . the top down to a greater or less distance , according to the degree of tension . Usu- ally , however , the ice remains continuous in the lower strata , and when the slope is diminished the ...
... produced by pressure on the gentler slopes . the top down to a greater or less distance , according to the degree of tension . Usu- ally , however , the ice remains continuous in the lower strata , and when the slope is diminished the ...
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... produce a peculiar effect about the foot of an extensive glacier . Sometimes these streams cut long , open channels near the end of the glacier , and sweep into it vast quantities of morainic mate- rial , which is pushed along by the ...
... produce a peculiar effect about the foot of an extensive glacier . Sometimes these streams cut long , open channels near the end of the glacier , and sweep into it vast quantities of morainic mate- rial , which is pushed along by the ...
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... produce large glaciers . The snow - fall also is less upon the Pyrenees than upon the Alps . As a consequence of all these con- ditions , the glaciers of the Pyrenees are scarcely more than stationary névé - fields lingering upon the ...
... produce large glaciers . The snow - fall also is less upon the Pyrenees than upon the Alps . As a consequence of all these con- ditions , the glaciers of the Pyrenees are scarcely more than stationary névé - fields lingering upon the ...
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... produce glaciers of large ex- tent . The Caucasus Mountains present more favourable con- ditions , and for a distance of one hundred and twenty miles near their central portion have an average height of 12,000 feet , with individual ...
... produce glaciers of large ex- tent . The Caucasus Mountains present more favourable con- ditions , and for a distance of one hundred and twenty miles near their central portion have an average height of 12,000 feet , with individual ...
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... produce a perpendicular or even projecting front , after the analogy of the formation of breakers on the shelving shore of a large body of water . Evidently , however , these masses of ice which break off from above the water do not ...
... produce a perpendicular or even projecting front , after the analogy of the formation of breakers on the shelving shore of a large body of water . Evidently , however , these masses of ice which break off from above the water do not ...
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