Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers Now First Collected and Chronologically Arranged: With a Prefatory Note on the Recent Progress and Present Aspect of the TheoryA. and C. Black, 1859 - 278 páginas |
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... inclination sometimes extends nearly to the axis of the glacier , or the medial moraine , where I have observed the veins . deviating from the vertical by an angle of about twenty degrees , the bands inclining from the centre ( or ...
... inclination sometimes extends nearly to the axis of the glacier , or the medial moraine , where I have observed the veins . deviating from the vertical by an angle of about twenty degrees , the bands inclining from the centre ( or ...
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... inclination . The surfaces of crystal- lization have , in this case , absolutely the form of a scallop- shell , the lip or front being always inclined below the horizon . I attach importance to the community of feature in glaciers of ...
... inclination . The surfaces of crystal- lization have , in this case , absolutely the form of a scallop- shell , the lip or front being always inclined below the horizon . I attach importance to the community of feature in glaciers of ...
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... inclination , as on the exterior of the cone of Vesuvius ; the latter , when the inclination is small and the weight of accumulated lava great . The igneous moraines , though noticed by various geologists , are most emphatically ...
... inclination , as on the exterior of the cone of Vesuvius ; the latter , when the inclination is small and the weight of accumulated lava great . The igneous moraines , though noticed by various geologists , are most emphatically ...
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... region of the great glacier of Aletsch , where its inclination is small ( about 4o ) , and where the continuity of the * Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal , October 1844 . ice with the side wall is preserved without the interference.
... region of the great glacier of Aletsch , where its inclination is small ( about 4o ) , and where the continuity of the * Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal , October 1844 . ice with the side wall is preserved without the interference.
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... inclination of the ice . I instantly searched in all directions , but in vain , for the slightest evidence of the fracture of the ice . All that I could see was , that where the veined structure was best developed , innumerable air ...
... inclination of the ice . I instantly searched in all directions , but in vain , for the slightest evidence of the fracture of the ice . All that I could see was , that where the veined structure was best developed , innumerable air ...
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ablation Alps analogy angle annual motion appears Arveiron August Balmat bands Bishop of Annecy Brenva cause centre Col du Géant compact congelation continuity convex Courmayeur crevasses curve curved bands daily motion declivity direction dirt-bands effect Etna evidence experiment fact feet fissures fluid friction frontal dip Glace of Chamouni Glacier des Bois glacier motion glacier moves glacier of Bossons Grindelwald horizontal hydrostatic pressure inches inclination internal July lava stream less Letter on Glaciers longitudinal lower marked mass measurement Mer de Glace millimetres Mont Blanc Montanvert moraine motion of glaciers mud-slide nearly névé observations origin parallel particles plane plastic Plate portion pressure produce remarkable retardation rock Saussure Saussure's season side sliding slope snow solid station summer surface Talefre temperature thawing theodolite theory of glaciers tion transverse Travels valley veined structure velocity vertical Vesuvius viscous theory volume whilst winter wrinkles