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... surface and ice- surface during the Glacial epoch • 103. Diagram of eccentricity and precession 104. Map of the Niagara River below the Falls 105. Section of strata along the Niagara Gorge . 106. Map showing the recession of the ...
... surface and ice- surface during the Glacial epoch • 103. Diagram of eccentricity and precession 104. Map of the Niagara River below the Falls 105. Section of strata along the Niagara Gorge . 106. Map showing the recession of the ...
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... surface snow and by occasional rains . The division between the névé and the glacier proper is not always easily determined . The beginnings of the glacial movement - that is , of the movement of the ice - stream flowing out of the névé ...
... surface snow and by occasional rains . The division between the névé and the glacier proper is not always easily determined . The beginnings of the glacial movement - that is , of the movement of the ice - stream flowing out of the névé ...
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... surface becomes again comparatively smooth . Where there are extensive areas of tension , the surface of the ice sometimes becomes exceedingly broken , presenting a tangled mass of towers , domes , and pinnacles of ice called seracs ...
... surface becomes again comparatively smooth . Where there are extensive areas of tension , the surface of the ice sometimes becomes exceedingly broken , presenting a tangled mass of towers , domes , and pinnacles of ice called seracs ...
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... surface of the glacier . Such lines of débris are called medial moraines . These are characteristic of all extensive glaciers formed by the union of tributaries . There is no limit to the number of medial moraines , except in the number ...
... surface of the glacier . Such lines of débris are called medial moraines . These are characteristic of all extensive glaciers formed by the union of tributaries . There is no limit to the number of medial moraines , except in the number ...
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... surface for a long distance be- yond the outlet . Northward from this point the tourist is rarely out of sight of ice - fields . The Auk and Patter- son Glaciers are the first to come into view , but they do not descend to the water ...
... surface for a long distance be- yond the outlet . Northward from this point the tourist is rarely out of sight of ice - fields . The Auk and Patter- son Glaciers are the first to come into view , but they do not descend to the water ...
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