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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... planes of cleav- age " had brought under his notice . Thus it will be seen how the theory of glaciers became anew , in 1857 , a matter of attention to men of science ; and , considering the activity and ingenuity of those engaged in its ...
... planes of cleav- age " had brought under his notice . Thus it will be seen how the theory of glaciers became anew , in 1857 , a matter of attention to men of science ; and , considering the activity and ingenuity of those engaged in its ...
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... plane of vertical section was eroded by the action of water , the harder seams of blue ice stood protuberant ; whilst the intermediate ones , partaking of a whitish - green colour and granular structure , were washed out . We did not ...
... plane of vertical section was eroded by the action of water , the harder seams of blue ice stood protuberant ; whilst the intermediate ones , partaking of a whitish - green colour and granular structure , were washed out . We did not ...
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... plane twisted round a vertical axis , having now their dip towards the centre of the glacier , and rising against the walls ; and this inclination sometimes extends nearly to the axis of the glacier , or the medial moraine , where I ...
... plane twisted round a vertical axis , having now their dip towards the centre of the glacier , and rising against the walls ; and this inclination sometimes extends nearly to the axis of the glacier , or the medial moraine , where I ...
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... planes and the sustaining walls of the glacier , and likewise that the recurrence of congelation and thaw appears to strengthen the formation of the bands . But this cannot be considered as in any degree amounting to an explanation ...
... planes and the sustaining walls of the glacier , and likewise that the recurrence of congelation and thaw appears to strengthen the formation of the bands . But this cannot be considered as in any degree amounting to an explanation ...
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... planes of stratification , horizontal , ele- vated , undulating , or contorted , offer no obstacle or modifica- tion to the omnipotent energy which has rearranged every particle in the mass subsequent to deposition . The supposition of ...
... planes of stratification , horizontal , ele- vated , undulating , or contorted , offer no obstacle or modifica- tion to the omnipotent energy which has rearranged every particle in the mass subsequent to deposition . The supposition of ...
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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