Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General Reader — John Shaqi
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
396. Diagram to show the cause of the hyperbolic curve of cols 372
397. A col in the Selkirks 373
398. Diagrams to illustrate the formation of comb ridges, cols,
and horns 374
399. The U-shaped Kern Valley in the Sierra Nevadas of California 375
400. Glaciated valley wall, showing the sharp line which
separates the abraded from the undermined rock surface 375
401. View of the Vale of Chamonix from the séracs of the _Glacier
des Bossons_ 376
402. Map of an area near the continental divide in Colorado 377
403. Gorge of the Albula River in the Engadine cut through a rock
bar 378
404. Idealistic sketch, showing glaciated and nonglaciated side
valleys 378
405. Character profiles sculptured by mountain glaciers 379
406. Flat dome shaped under the margin of a Norwegian ice cap 379
407. Two views which illustrate successive stages in the shaping
of tinds 380
408. Schematic diagram to bring out the relationships of the
various types of mountain glaciers 383
409. Map of the Malaspina Glacier of Alaska 384
410. Map of the Baltoro Glacier of the Himalayas 385
411. View of the Triest Glacier, a hanging glacieret 385
412. Map of the Harriman Fjord Glacier of Alaska 386
413. Map of the Rotmoos Glacier, a radiating glacier of
Switzerland 386
414. Outline map of the Asulkan Glacier in the Selkirks, a
horseshoe glacier 387
415. Outline map of the Illecillewaet Glacier of the Selkirks, an
inherited-basin glacier 388
416. Diagram to illustrate the surface flow of glaciers 390
417. Diagram to show the transformation of crevasses into séracs 391
418. View of the _Glacier des Bossons_, showing the position of
accidents to Alpinists 392
419. Lines of flow upon the surface of the _Hintereisferner_
Glacier in the Alps 393
420. Lateral and medial moraines of the _Mer de Glace_ and its
tributaries 393
421. Ideal cross section of a mountain glacier 394
422. Diagrams to illustrate the melting effects upon glacier ice
of rock fragments of different sizes 394
423. Small glacier table upon the Great Aletsch Glacier 395
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