Man and the Glacial PeriodWright, G. Frederick (George Frederick)
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Man and the Glacial Period
Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick)
Glacial epoch; Prehistoric peoples
1. Zermatt Glacier 2
2. Formation of veined structure 3
3, 4. Formation of marginal fissures and veins 4
5. Fissures and seracs 4
6. Section across glacial valley, showing old lateral moraines 5
7. Mont Blanc glacier region 10
8. Svartisen Glacier 13
9. Floating berg 18
10. Iceberg in the Antarctic Ocean 20
11. Map of southeastern Alaska 22
12. Map of Glacier Bay, Alaska 25
13. Front of Muir Glacier 26
14. Map of glaciers in the St. Elias Alps 31
15. Map of Greenland 33
16. Diagram showing the character of glacial motion 43
17. Line of most rapid glacial motion 45
18. Diagram showing retardation of the bottom of a glacier 46
19. Bed-rock scored with glacial marks 52
20. Scratched stone from the till of Boston 54
21. Typical section of till in Seattle, Wash. 55
22. Ideal section showing how the till overlies the stratified
rocks 56
23. Vessel Rock, a glacial boulder 56
24. Map of Rhône Glacier 58
25. Conglomerate boulder found in Boone County, Ky. 63
26. Mohegan Rock 72
27. Drumlins in Goffstown, N. H. 73
28. Map of drumlins in the vicinity of Boston 75
29. Section of kame 77
30. Map of kames in Andover, Mass. 78
31. Longitudinal kames near Hingham, Mass. 79
32. Map showing the kames of Maine and southeastern New Hampshire 81
33. Western face of the Kettle Moraine near Eagle, Wis. 99
34. Section of the east-and-west glacial furrows on Kelly's
Island 103
35. Same as the preceding 105
36. Section of till near Germantown, Ohio 108
37. Moraines of Grape Creek, Col. 123
38. Map of North America in the Ice period 127
39. Quartzite boulder on Mont Lachat 128
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