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

Dana, Professor J. D., on depth of ice, 91;
    on driftless area, 102;
    cited, 320, 363.
  Danube, ancient glaciers of the, 129, 134, 188.
  Darent, valley of, 265.
  Darrtown, Ohio, 107.
  Darwin, Charles, cited, 17, 126, 170, 241, 361.
  Darwin, George G., cited, 361.
  Darwin, Mrs. M. J., mortar owned by, 297.
  Date of Glacial period, chapter on, 332-364.
  Davidson Glacier, 23.
  Davis on drumlins, 75.
  Dawkins, cited, 238, 267, 269, 291.
  Dawson, G. M., cited, 121;
    on ice-movements, 97;
    on oscillation of land-level, 125, 126.
  Dawson, Sir William, on the fiord of the Saguenay, 197;
    cited, 285.
  Dee, the river, 149.
  Deeley, quoted, 164.
  Delaware River, 232, 242 _et seq._, 254, 258;
    section across the, 245.
  Delta terrace at Trenton, N. J., 242 _et seq._;
    at Beaver, Pa., 230.
  De Ranee, cited, 272.
  Derbyshire, England, 270.
  Desor on age of Niagara gorge, 337.
  Diore, glaciers of the, 135.
  Disintegration, amount of, near glacial margin, 117, 118.
  Diss, England, 266.
  Dnieper, the, 185, 188.
  Don, the, 185, 188.
  Dora Baltea, 134.
  Dover, N. H., section of kame near, 77.
  Dover, Straits of, 238.
  Drave, glaciers in the, 134.
  Drainage systems in the Glacial period, 335, 339, 340, 343, 344;
    chapter on, 193-241.
  Drayson, cited, 317.
  Driftless area in the Mississippi Valley, 101, 102.
  Drumlins, description of, 73 _et seq._;
    view of, 73;
    occurrence of, in Massachusetts, 73;
    in New Hampshire, 74;
    in Connecticut, 74;
    in New York, 74, 94;
    in the British Isles, 74, 137, 167.
  Dunbar, Scotland, 312.
  Dupont, cited, 279.
  Du Quoin, Ill., 98, 119.
  D'Urville, 20.
  Düsseldorf, 275.

  Eagle, Wis., view of kettle-moraine near, 99.
  East Anglian Glacier, 158-164.
  Eccentricity of the earth's orbit, 308.
  Eden Valley, 180.
  Eggischorn, 211, 241.
  Eguisheim, skull found at, 279.
  Elephant, 265, 280, 282, 283, 292.
  Elevation, preglacial, 112, 194, 198;
    the cause of the Glacial period, 113, 320-331;
    about the Great Lakes, 224;
    in the latitude of New York, 261.
  Elyria, Ohio, 342.
  Engis skull, view of, 274.
  England. (See British Isles.)
  Enville, England, 150.
  Erosion, preglacial, 193 _et seq._
  Erosion in river valleys, 198, 329, 332.
  Erzgebirge, 136, 181.
  Europe, existing glaciers in, 9, _et seq._, 43 _et seq._;
    ancient glaciers of, 129-190;
    former elevation of, 238;
    ice-dams in, 360.
  Evans, cited, 263, 267, 354, 365.

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Man and the Glacial Period

Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick)

Glacial epoch; Prehistoric peoples

Dana, Professor J. D., on depth of ice, 91;
    on driftless area, 102;
    cited, 320, 363.
  Danube, ancient glaciers of the, 129, 134, 188.
  Darent, valley of, 265.
  Darrtown, Ohio, 107.
  Darwin, Charles, cited, 17, 126, 170, 241, 361.
  Darwin, George G., cited, 361.
  Darwin, Mrs. M. J., mortar owned by, 297.
  Date of Glacial period, chapter on, 332-364.
  Davidson Glacier, 23.
  Davis on drumlins, 75.
  Dawkins, cited, 238, 267, 269, 291.
  Dawson, G. M., cited, 121;
    on ice-movements, 97;
    on oscillation of land-level, 125, 126.
  Dawson, Sir William, on the fiord of the Saguenay, 197;
    cited, 285.
  Dee, the river, 149.
  Deeley, quoted, 164.
  Delaware River, 232, 242 _et seq._, 254, 258;
    section across the, 245.
  Delta terrace at Trenton, N. J., 242 _et seq._;
    at Beaver, Pa., 230.
  De Ranee, cited, 272.
  Derbyshire, England, 270.
  Desor on age of Niagara gorge, 337.
  Diore, glaciers of the, 135.
  Disintegration, amount of, near glacial margin, 117, 118.
  Diss, England, 266.
  Dnieper, the, 185, 188.
  Don, the, 185, 188.
  Dora Baltea, 134.
  Dover, N. H., section of kame near, 77.
  Dover, Straits of, 238.
  Drave, glaciers in the, 134.
  Drainage systems in the Glacial period, 335, 339, 340, 343, 344;
    chapter on, 193-241.
  Drayson, cited, 317.
  Driftless area in the Mississippi Valley, 101, 102.
  Drumlins, description of, 73 _et seq._;
    view of, 73;
    occurrence of, in Massachusetts, 73;
    in New Hampshire, 74;
    in Connecticut, 74;
    in New York, 74, 94;
    in the British Isles, 74, 137, 167.
  Dunbar, Scotland, 312.
  Dupont, cited, 279.
  Du Quoin, Ill., 98, 119.
  D'Urville, 20.
  Düsseldorf, 275.

  Eagle, Wis., view of kettle-moraine near, 99.
  East Anglian Glacier, 158-164.
  Eccentricity of the earth's orbit, 308.
  Eden Valley, 180.
  Eggischorn, 211, 241.
  Eguisheim, skull found at, 279.
  Elephant, 265, 280, 282, 283, 292.
  Elevation, preglacial, 112, 194, 198;
    the cause of the Glacial period, 113, 320-331;
    about the Great Lakes, 224;
    in the latitude of New York, 261.
  Elyria, Ohio, 342.
  Engis skull, view of, 274.
  England. (See British Isles.)
  Enville, England, 150.
  Erosion, preglacial, 193 _et seq._
  Erosion in river valleys, 198, 329, 332.
  Erzgebirge, 136, 181.
  Europe, existing glaciers in, 9, _et seq._, 43 _et seq._;
    ancient glaciers of, 129-190;
    former elevation of, 238;
    ice-dams in, 360.
  Evans, cited, 263, 267, 354, 365.

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