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... similar to that possessed by such plastic substances as cold molasses , wax , tar , or cooling lava . The limit of a glacier's motion is determined by the forces which fix the point at which its final melting takes place . This will ...
... similar to that possessed by such plastic substances as cold molasses , wax , tar , or cooling lava . The limit of a glacier's motion is determined by the forces which fix the point at which its final melting takes place . This will ...
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... similar vertical wall of ice was seen by D'Urville , off the coast of Adelie Land . He thus describes it : " Its ap- pearance was astonishing . We perceived a cliff having a uniform elevation of from one hundred to one hundred and fifty ...
... similar vertical wall of ice was seen by D'Urville , off the coast of Adelie Land . He thus describes it : " Its ap- pearance was astonishing . We perceived a cliff having a uniform elevation of from one hundred to one hundred and fifty ...
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... similar obstructions . In front of the nunataks there is uni- formly a depression , like the eddies which appear in the current below obstacles in running water . Over some portions of the surface of the glacier there is a miniature ...
... similar obstructions . In front of the nunataks there is uni- formly a depression , like the eddies which appear in the current below obstacles in running water . Over some portions of the surface of the glacier there is a miniature ...
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George Frederick Wright. ing the results of this expedition , since they are so similar to those already detailed in connection with the Muir Glacier . A feature , however , of special interest , pertains to the glacial lakes which are ...
George Frederick Wright. ing the results of this expedition , since they are so similar to those already detailed in connection with the Muir Glacier . A feature , however , of special interest , pertains to the glacial lakes which are ...
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... similar phenomenon occurs when dams give way and reservoirs suddenly pour their contents into the restricted channels FIG . 17 . Here friction * See Tyndall's Forms of Water , pp . 78–82 . below . At such times the advancing water rolls ...
... similar phenomenon occurs when dams give way and reservoirs suddenly pour their contents into the restricted channels FIG . 17 . Here friction * See Tyndall's Forms of Water , pp . 78–82 . below . At such times the advancing water rolls ...
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