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... moraine : its independence of Surface - moraines -Infraglacial smoothing and polishing , crushing , shattering and plucking - Geological action of Prehistoric Glaciers - General evi- dence supplied by Ancient Glaciers of the Alps ...
... moraine : its independence of Surface - moraines -Infraglacial smoothing and polishing , crushing , shattering and plucking - Geological action of Prehistoric Glaciers - General evi- dence supplied by Ancient Glaciers of the Alps ...
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... MORAINE : ITS INDEPENDENCE OF SURFACE - MORAINES - INFRAGLACIAL SMOOTHING AND POL- ISHING , CRUSHING , SHATTERING , AND PLUCKING - GEOLOGI- CAL ACTION OF PREHISTORIC GLACIERS - GENERAL EVIDENCE SUPPLIED BY ANCIENT GLACIERS OF THE ALPS ...
... MORAINE : ITS INDEPENDENCE OF SURFACE - MORAINES - INFRAGLACIAL SMOOTHING AND POL- ISHING , CRUSHING , SHATTERING , AND PLUCKING - GEOLOGI- CAL ACTION OF PREHISTORIC GLACIERS - GENERAL EVIDENCE SUPPLIED BY ANCIENT GLACIERS OF THE ALPS ...
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... The wreck of the adjacent mountains , strewn upon its surface , is continually carried forward , and eventually heaped in the form of terminal moraines . The infragla- up cial débris extruded at the lower end of the ice GLACIAL ACTION 213.
... The wreck of the adjacent mountains , strewn upon its surface , is continually carried forward , and eventually heaped in the form of terminal moraines . The infragla- up cial débris extruded at the lower end of the ice GLACIAL ACTION 213.
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... moraine -whence is that derived ? Professor Heim and others maintain that in the case of a large number of glaciers ... moraines are frequently engulfed in crevasses ; but then the rock- rubbish engulfed in this way sooner or later reap ...
... moraine -whence is that derived ? Professor Heim and others maintain that in the case of a large number of glaciers ... moraines are frequently engulfed in crevasses ; but then the rock- rubbish engulfed in this way sooner or later reap ...
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... moraines . In a word , the existence of ground- moraines does not depend upon the the presence superficial moraines . The latter are not infrequently wanting ; the former , on the contrary , never are . This is well seen in the case of ...
... moraines . In a word , the existence of ground- moraines does not depend upon the the presence superficial moraines . The latter are not infrequently wanting ; the former , on the contrary , never are . This is well seen in the case of ...
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accumulation Alps anticlines basalt base-level basins become beds Carboniferous character cliffs coast-lines cones configuration Cretaceous crust crustal movements crystalline débris denudation deposits depressions depth detritus direction dislocations drainage elevation epigene action epigene agents eroded escarpments eventually feet fiords flexures flow fluvio-glacial deposits folds fracture gently geological structure glacial action glaciers gradually granite ground-moraines Highlands hills hollows horizontal strata ice-sheet igneous rocks inclined indented infrequently irregular islands joints Jura Mountains laccoliths lakes land land-forms land-surface lava less limestone low grounds masses materials Mesozoic modified moraines mountain-chain mountain-valleys mountains normal faults North Old Red Sandstone outcrops owe their origin Permian plain of erosion plateau regions relatively result ridges rock-basins rock-masses sand sandstones schistose schists Section sediment shales Silurian slopes Southern Uplands strata streams and rivers superficial surface surface-features synclinal tectonic tend thickness tion tracts traversed underground undulating usually valleys vertical volcanic