The Old Glaciers of Switzerland and North WalesLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 - 116 sider |
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... deposited as moraine , about 500 feet above the existing Lake of Neufchatel , those celebrated blocks of which the Pierre à Bot is the most conspicuous . The blocks of Monthey also , opposite Bex in the valley of the Rhone , are ...
... deposited as moraine , about 500 feet above the existing Lake of Neufchatel , those celebrated blocks of which the Pierre à Bot is the most conspicuous . The blocks of Monthey also , opposite Bex in the valley of the Rhone , are ...
Side 29
... deposited from the surface of a great glacier that once filled the valley . A mountain torrent passes close to Monthey on the south , and in a deep natural cutting , forming the bank of the stream by a mill , the superficial stony ...
... deposited from the surface of a great glacier that once filled the valley . A mountain torrent passes close to Monthey on the south , and in a deep natural cutting , forming the bank of the stream by a mill , the superficial stony ...
Side 30
... depositing calcareous matter among the fragments . Between this point and the blocks of Monthey small boulders are of fre- quent occurrence . The larger ones lie on both sides of the torrent , at greater elevations than the section by ...
... depositing calcareous matter among the fragments . Between this point and the blocks of Monthey small boulders are of fre- quent occurrence . The larger ones lie on both sides of the torrent , at greater elevations than the section by ...
Side 33
... deposited their freights , sometimes including those gigan- tic blocks that now astonish the traveller . This also accounts for the scattering of numerous boulders all over the intermediate country , and for the mingling of these with ...
... deposited their freights , sometimes including those gigan- tic blocks that now astonish the traveller . This also accounts for the scattering of numerous boulders all over the intermediate country , and for the mingling of these with ...
Side 54
... to understand how a moraine so large could have been deposited by so small a glacier , for the upper side of the * Rushy Valley . moraine lies little more than a mile from the peak 54 The Old Glaciers of North Wales .
... to understand how a moraine so large could have been deposited by so small a glacier , for the upper side of the * Rushy Valley . moraine lies little more than a mile from the peak 54 The Old Glaciers of North Wales .
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The Old Glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay,Andrew Crombie Ramsay Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1860 |
The Old Glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay,Andrew Crombie Ramsay Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1860 |
The Old Glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay,Andrew Crombie Ramsay Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1860 |
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