Man and the Glacial Period

Name: Man and the Glacial Period
Author: Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick)

Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick)

Glacial epoch; Prehistoric peoples

Babbitt, Miss F. E., cited, 253, 254, 255.
  Bakewell on age of Niagara gorge, 337.
  Baldwin, C. C, 251.
  Baldwin, P., 25.
  Ball, cited, 310, 317.
  Baltic Sea, 129.
  Barnsley, England, 155.
  Bates, cited, 204.
  Bear, 270, 287, 290.
  Bear, grizzly, 270, 288.
  Beaver, 289.
  Beaver Creek, Pa., 205, 230, 232.
  Becker, cited, 296, 300, 349.
  Bedford, England, 265.
  Beech Flats, Ohio, terrace at, 217.
  Belgium, human relics in glacial terraces in, 264;
    caverns of, 274.
  Bell, cited, 109, 117;
    on unity of the Glacial period, 110.
  Bellevue, Pa., glacial terrace on the Ohio at, 217.
  Bellucci, cited, 372.
  Ben Nevis, 240.
  Bernese Oberland, 9, 59, 131, 132.
  Big Stone Lake, 208, 226.
  Birmingham. England, 150.
  Bishop, cited. 306.
  Bison, 262, 270, 271, 278, 289.
  Black Forest, the, 136.
  Black River, Ohio, 343.
  Black Sea, 238.
  Blanc, Mont, 1, 9-11, 132, 211.
  Blandford, cited, 312.
  Boone County, Ky., glacial deposits in, 212.
  Boston, scratched stone from till of, 54;
    drumlins in the vicinity of, 75.
  Boston Society of Natural History, 296.
  Boulder-clay. (See Till.)
  Boulders, disintegrated, 57, 71.
  Boulders, distribution of, in New-England, 57, 60, 61, 69 _et seq._;
    in Switzerland, 58 _et seq._, 133.
  Boulders, transportation of, in Pennsylvania, 57, 61, 85;
    in New Hampshire, 60, 71;
    in Kentucky, 63, 97;
    in Ohio, 64, 72;
    in Rhode Island, 67;
    in Massachusetts, 69 _et seq._;
    in Connecticut, 71, 72;
    in New Jersey, 83;
    in Illinois, 97.
  Bourgeois, Abbé, cited, 367.
  Bridgenorth, England, 150.
  Bridlington, England, 156, 158.
  Bristol Channel, 138, 178.
  British Columbia, 1, 23, 121 _et seq._, 194, 198.
  British Isles, ancient glaciers of, 136-181;
    preglacial level of land in, 139-141;
    preglacial climate in 141, 142;
    great glacial centres--
      Wales, 143;
      Ireland, 143;
      Galloway, 144;
      Lake District, 144;
      Pennine Chain, 144;
    confluent glaciers--
      Irish Sea Glacier, 145-153;
      Solway Glacier, 153-158;
      East Anglian Glacier, 158;
      Isle of Man, 164-167;
    the so-called Great Submergence, 167-180;
    dispersion of erratics of Shap granite, 180, 181;
    drainage of, 238;
    caverns of, 267;
    climate of, 314.
  Brixham Cave, 267 _et seq._
  Bromsgrove, England, 150.
  Brooklyn, N. Y., 66, 67.
  Brown, on glaciers of Greenland, 40, 41.
  Brown's Valley, 226.
  Bruce, skull of, 276.
  Buried forests in America, 107 _et seq._
  Buried outlets and channels, 199-210;
    of Lake Erie, 201, 333;
    of Lake Huron, 202;
    of Lake Ontario, 202;
    of Lake Superior, 203;
    of Lake Michigan, 203;
    in southwestern Ohio, 203;
    near Cincinnati, 203;
    near Louisville, Ky., 205;
    in the Tuscarawas Valley, 205;
    in the valley of the Beaver, 205;
    of oil Creek, 205;
    in the valley of the Alleghany, 206;
    of Chautauqua Lake, 207;
    near Minneapolis, 208.
  Burton, England, 164.

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Man and the Glacial Period

Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick)

Glacial epoch; Prehistoric peoples

Babbitt, Miss F. E., cited, 253, 254, 255.
  Bakewell on age of Niagara gorge, 337.
  Baldwin, C. C, 251.
  Baldwin, P., 25.
  Ball, cited, 310, 317.
  Baltic Sea, 129.
  Barnsley, England, 155.
  Bates, cited, 204.
  Bear, 270, 287, 290.
  Bear, grizzly, 270, 288.
  Beaver, 289.
  Beaver Creek, Pa., 205, 230, 232.
  Becker, cited, 296, 300, 349.
  Bedford, England, 265.
  Beech Flats, Ohio, terrace at, 217.
  Belgium, human relics in glacial terraces in, 264;
    caverns of, 274.
  Bell, cited, 109, 117;
    on unity of the Glacial period, 110.
  Bellevue, Pa., glacial terrace on the Ohio at, 217.
  Bellucci, cited, 372.
  Ben Nevis, 240.
  Bernese Oberland, 9, 59, 131, 132.
  Big Stone Lake, 208, 226.
  Birmingham. England, 150.
  Bishop, cited. 306.
  Bison, 262, 270, 271, 278, 289.
  Black Forest, the, 136.
  Black River, Ohio, 343.
  Black Sea, 238.
  Blanc, Mont, 1, 9-11, 132, 211.
  Blandford, cited, 312.
  Boone County, Ky., glacial deposits in, 212.
  Boston, scratched stone from till of, 54;
    drumlins in the vicinity of, 75.
  Boston Society of Natural History, 296.
  Boulder-clay. (See Till.)
  Boulders, disintegrated, 57, 71.
  Boulders, distribution of, in New-England, 57, 60, 61, 69 _et seq._;
    in Switzerland, 58 _et seq._, 133.
  Boulders, transportation of, in Pennsylvania, 57, 61, 85;
    in New Hampshire, 60, 71;
    in Kentucky, 63, 97;
    in Ohio, 64, 72;
    in Rhode Island, 67;
    in Massachusetts, 69 _et seq._;
    in Connecticut, 71, 72;
    in New Jersey, 83;
    in Illinois, 97.
  Bourgeois, Abbé, cited, 367.
  Bridgenorth, England, 150.
  Bridlington, England, 156, 158.
  Bristol Channel, 138, 178.
  British Columbia, 1, 23, 121 _et seq._, 194, 198.
  British Isles, ancient glaciers of, 136-181;
    preglacial level of land in, 139-141;
    preglacial climate in 141, 142;
    great glacial centres--
      Wales, 143;
      Ireland, 143;
      Galloway, 144;
      Lake District, 144;
      Pennine Chain, 144;
    confluent glaciers--
      Irish Sea Glacier, 145-153;
      Solway Glacier, 153-158;
      East Anglian Glacier, 158;
      Isle of Man, 164-167;
    the so-called Great Submergence, 167-180;
    dispersion of erratics of Shap granite, 180, 181;
    drainage of, 238;
    caverns of, 267;
    climate of, 314.
  Brixham Cave, 267 _et seq._
  Bromsgrove, England, 150.
  Brooklyn, N. Y., 66, 67.
  Brown, on glaciers of Greenland, 40, 41.
  Brown's Valley, 226.
  Bruce, skull of, 276.
  Buried forests in America, 107 _et seq._
  Buried outlets and channels, 199-210;
    of Lake Erie, 201, 333;
    of Lake Huron, 202;
    of Lake Ontario, 202;
    of Lake Superior, 203;
    of Lake Michigan, 203;
    in southwestern Ohio, 203;
    near Cincinnati, 203;
    near Louisville, Ky., 205;
    in the Tuscarawas Valley, 205;
    in the valley of the Beaver, 205;
    of oil Creek, 205;
    in the valley of the Alleghany, 206;
    of Chautauqua Lake, 207;
    near Minneapolis, 208.
  Burton, England, 164.

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