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... clay at B in preceding figure 177 49. Map showing the glaciated area of Europe . 184 50. Map showing old channel and mouth of the Hudson 195 51. New York Harbor in preglacial times . 197 52. Section across the valley of the Cuyahoga ...
... clay at B in preceding figure 177 49. Map showing the glaciated area of Europe . 184 50. Map showing old channel and mouth of the Hudson 195 51. New York Harbor in preglacial times . 197 52. Section across the valley of the Cuyahoga ...
Pagina 51
... clay and sand intermingled with scratched stones and loose fragments of rock . 3 . Transported boulders left in such positions and of such size as to preclude the sufficiency of water - carriage to account for them . 4. Extensive gravel ...
... clay and sand intermingled with scratched stones and loose fragments of rock . 3 . Transported boulders left in such positions and of such size as to preclude the sufficiency of water - carriage to account for them . 4. Extensive gravel ...
Pagina 53
... clay . A second sign of the former existence of glaciers over any area consists of an unstratified deposit of earthy material , of greater or less depth , in which scratched pebbles and fragments of rock occur without any definite ...
... clay . A second sign of the former existence of glaciers over any area consists of an unstratified deposit of earthy material , of greater or less depth , in which scratched pebbles and fragments of rock occur without any definite ...
Pagina 54
... clay , it is pretty surely a sign that they have been carried to their position by floating ice . A small mountain stream with great velocity may move a good- sized boulder , while the Amazon , with its mighty but slow - moving current ...
... clay , it is pretty surely a sign that they have been carried to their position by floating ice . A small mountain stream with great velocity may move a good- sized boulder , while the Amazon , with its mighty but slow - moving current ...
Pagina 72
... clays and gravels , and must have been transported bodily from the elevations containing this rock several miles to the northwest . * Geological Survey of Ohio , vol . iii , p . 385 . Portions of New England present the best illustra ...
... clays and gravels , and must have been transported bodily from the elevations containing this rock several miles to the northwest . * Geological Survey of Ohio , vol . iii , p . 385 . Portions of New England present the best illustra ...
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