Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General ReaderHobbs, William Herbert
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Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General Reader
Hobbs, William Herbert
Geology; Physical geography
369. View of Mackinac Island from the direction of St. Ignace 342
370. The “Sugar Loaf”, a stack of Lake Algonquin upon Mackinac
Island 342
371. Beach ridges in series on Mackinac Island 343
372. Notched stack of the Nipissing Great Lakes at St. Ignace 343
373. Series of diagrams to illustrate the evolution of ideas
concerning the uplift of the lake region since the Ice Age 344
374. Map of the Great Lakes region to show the isobases and hinge
lines of uptilt 345
375. Series of diagrams to indicate the nature of the recovery of
the crust by uplift when unloaded of an ice mantle 346
376. Portion of the Inner Sandusky Bay, for comparison of the
shore line of 1820 with that of to-day 350
377. Ideal cross section of the Niagara Gorge to show the
marginal terrace 353
378. View of the bed of the Niagara River above the cataract
where water has been drained off 353
379. View of the Falls of St. Anthony in 1851 354
380. Ideal section to show the nature of the drilling process
beneath the cataract 355
381. Plan and section of the gorge, showing how the depth is
proportional to the width 355
382. Comparative views of the Canadian Falls in 1827 and 1895 356
383. Map to show the recession of the Canadian Fall 357
384. Comparison of the present with the future falls 358
385. Bird’s-eye view of the captured Canadian Fall at Wintergreen
Flats 358
386. Map of the Whirlpool Basin 360
387. Map of the cuestas which have played so important a part in
fixing the boundaries of the lake basins 361
388. Bird’s-eye view of the cuestas south of Lakes Ontario and
Erie 362
389. Sketch map of the greater portion of the Niagara Gorge to
illustrate Niagara history 363
390. Snowdrift hollowing its bed by nivation 368
391. Amphitheater formed upon a drift site in northern Lapland 369
392. The marginal crevasse on the highest margin of a glacier 370
393. Niches and cirques in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming 371
394. Subordinate cirques in the amphitheater on the west face of
the Wannehorn 371
395. “Biscuit cutting” effect of glacial sculpture in the Uinta
Mountains of Wyoming 372
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