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

human relics in, 241-267;
    on Delaware River, 245;
    of the Mississippi River, 254;
    in France, 263 _et seq._, 360;
    in England, 264 _et seq._;
    in Belgium, 264;
    in Spain, 264;
    in Portugal, 264;
    in Italy, 264;
    in Greece, 264.
  Glacial theory, crucial tests of, 62, 65, 257, 302 _et seq._
  Glaciation, signs of past, chapter on, 51 _et seq._
  Glacier Bay, 24;
    map of, 25.
  Glacier, denned, 2;
    formation of, 3;
    characterised by veins and fissures, 3;
    advance and retreat of, 116;
    velocity of, in the Alps, 43 _et seq._;
    in Greenland, 36, 46-48;
    in Alaska, 47.
  Glaciers, ancient, in North America, 66-128;
    in Central and Northern Europe, 58-60, 131-136;
    in the British Isles, 136-181;
    in Northern Europe, 181-190;
    in Australia, 126, 192;
    in Asia, 190, 191;
    in Africa. 191, 192.
  Glaciers, existing, in the Alps, 9 _et seq._, 43 _et seq._;
    in Scandinavia, 12;
    in Spitzbergen, Nova Zembla, and Franz-Josef Land, 12;
    in Iceland, 14;
    in Asia, 14 _et seq._;
    in Oceanica, 16;
    in South America, 17;
    in Antarctic Continent, 18 _et seq._;
    in North America, 20 _et seq._;
    in Greenland, 32 _et seq._, 46, 48, 364.
  Glen Roy, parallel roads of, 239.
  Glutton, 293.
  Goat, 268.
  Goffstown, N. H., 73.
  Grafton, W. Va., 214.
  Grand Haven, Mich., 346.
  Granville, Ohio, terrace at, 227, 343.
  Grape Creek, Col., view of moraines of, 123.
  Great Bend, Pa., depth of river-channel at, 206.
  Great Lakes, depth of, 115; formation of, 199 _et seq._;
    glacial outlets of, 220-222;
    elevation about, 224.
  Great Salt Lake, Utah, 233 _et seq._, 350.
  Greece, human relics in glacial terraces of, 264.
  Greenland, existing glaciers of, 1, 32 _et seq._, 46, 48,364;
    map of, 33;
    climate of, 302.
  Gross Glockner, 9, 134.
  Ground ice, 357.
  Gulf of Mexico, 313, 318.
  Gulf Stream, 13, 311, 313, 317 _et seq._
  Guyot, 9, 58, 133.

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Man and the Glacial Period

Wright, G. Frederick (George Frederick)

Glacial epoch; Prehistoric peoples

human relics in, 241-267;
    on Delaware River, 245;
    of the Mississippi River, 254;
    in France, 263 _et seq._, 360;
    in England, 264 _et seq._;
    in Belgium, 264;
    in Spain, 264;
    in Portugal, 264;
    in Italy, 264;
    in Greece, 264.
  Glacial theory, crucial tests of, 62, 65, 257, 302 _et seq._
  Glaciation, signs of past, chapter on, 51 _et seq._
  Glacier Bay, 24;
    map of, 25.
  Glacier, denned, 2;
    formation of, 3;
    characterised by veins and fissures, 3;
    advance and retreat of, 116;
    velocity of, in the Alps, 43 _et seq._;
    in Greenland, 36, 46-48;
    in Alaska, 47.
  Glaciers, ancient, in North America, 66-128;
    in Central and Northern Europe, 58-60, 131-136;
    in the British Isles, 136-181;
    in Northern Europe, 181-190;
    in Australia, 126, 192;
    in Asia, 190, 191;
    in Africa. 191, 192.
  Glaciers, existing, in the Alps, 9 _et seq._, 43 _et seq._;
    in Scandinavia, 12;
    in Spitzbergen, Nova Zembla, and Franz-Josef Land, 12;
    in Iceland, 14;
    in Asia, 14 _et seq._;
    in Oceanica, 16;
    in South America, 17;
    in Antarctic Continent, 18 _et seq._;
    in North America, 20 _et seq._;
    in Greenland, 32 _et seq._, 46, 48, 364.
  Glen Roy, parallel roads of, 239.
  Glutton, 293.
  Goat, 268.
  Goffstown, N. H., 73.
  Grafton, W. Va., 214.
  Grand Haven, Mich., 346.
  Granville, Ohio, terrace at, 227, 343.
  Grape Creek, Col., view of moraines of, 123.
  Great Bend, Pa., depth of river-channel at, 206.
  Great Lakes, depth of, 115; formation of, 199 _et seq._;
    glacial outlets of, 220-222;
    elevation about, 224.
  Great Salt Lake, Utah, 233 _et seq._, 350.
  Greece, human relics in glacial terraces of, 264.
  Greenland, existing glaciers of, 1, 32 _et seq._, 46, 48,364;
    map of, 33;
    climate of, 302.
  Gross Glockner, 9, 134.
  Ground ice, 357.
  Gulf of Mexico, 313, 318.
  Gulf Stream, 13, 311, 313, 317 _et seq._
  Guyot, 9, 58, 133.

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