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Pagina 77
... clay ; b , fine sand ; c , c , coarse gravel containing pebbles from six inches to one foot and a half in diameter ; d , d , fine gravel ( Upham ) . height , some of the more conspicuous ones being upward of four or five hundred feet ...
... clay ; b , fine sand ; c , c , coarse gravel containing pebbles from six inches to one foot and a half in diameter ; d , d , fine gravel ( Upham ) . height , some of the more conspicuous ones being upward of four or five hundred feet ...
Pagina 82
... clay , which is strictly mechanical in its origin , remains to represent the true " grist " or " rock flour " of the ... clays and half- decomposed material , the ice - sheet has cut more than an equal depth into the solid rocks ...
... clay , which is strictly mechanical in its origin , remains to represent the true " grist " or " rock flour " of the ... clays and half- decomposed material , the ice - sheet has cut more than an equal depth into the solid rocks ...
Pagina 109
... Clay County , Minnesota , which lies in the valley of the Red River of the North , and also in Wilkin County in the same valley , tamarack wood and sandy black mud containing many snail - shells have been found from eight to twelve feet ...
... Clay County , Minnesota , which lies in the valley of the Red River of the North , and also in Wilkin County in the same valley , tamarack wood and sandy black mud containing many snail - shells have been found from eight to twelve feet ...
Pagina 110
... clay , in a basin inside the outer moraine , near Grand View , South Dakota . From my examination of the reported old soil near Albia , Iowa , I think this is the most rational way of reconciling the conflicting statements concerning it ...
... clay , in a basin inside the outer moraine , near Grand View , South Dakota . From my examination of the reported old soil near Albia , Iowa , I think this is the most rational way of reconciling the conflicting statements concerning it ...
Pagina 117
... clays and the more extensive disintegration of certain classes of the bould- ers found over the southern part of the glaciated area of the Mississippi Valley , than has taken place in the more northerly regions . Without questioning ...
... clays and the more extensive disintegration of certain classes of the bould- ers found over the southern part of the glaciated area of the Mississippi Valley , than has taken place in the more northerly regions . Without questioning ...
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