The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 121
... evident that the dark moraine belts . about its borders are compound and record a varied history . Far away toward the southeast the individual elements may be distinguished . The dark bands of débris sweep around in great curves and ...
... evident that the dark moraine belts . about its borders are compound and record a varied history . Far away toward the southeast the individual elements may be distinguished . The dark bands of débris sweep around in great curves and ...
Page 135
... evident that on approaching the end of the Pinnacle pass fault - scarp we should behold it again , and comparatively near at hand . Continuing down the even snow - slope , in which there were but few crevasses , the view became broader ...
... evident that on approaching the end of the Pinnacle pass fault - scarp we should behold it again , and comparatively near at hand . Continuing down the even snow - slope , in which there were but few crevasses , the view became broader ...
Page 156
... evident that my interpretation of the strat- ification observed in the sides of crevasses was correct . The snow when it fell was soft and white , and composed of very fine crystals ; but under the influence of the air and sunshine it ...
... evident that my interpretation of the strat- ification observed in the sides of crevasses was correct . The snow when it fell was soft and white , and composed of very fine crystals ; but under the influence of the air and sunshine it ...
Page 178
... evident that vast quantities of débris were sealed up in the ice along the borders of the glacier , only to appear at the surface far down the stream where summer melting exceeds the winter accumulation . The surface of the glacier ...
... evident that vast quantities of débris were sealed up in the ice along the borders of the glacier , only to appear at the surface far down the stream where summer melting exceeds the winter accumulation . The surface of the glacier ...
Page 184
... evident that these great bowlder washes would form peculiar topographic features , unsupported at the apexes , and it might be perplexing to determine from whence came the waters that deposited them . I am not aware that similar washes ...
... evident that these great bowlder washes would form peculiar topographic features , unsupported at the apexes , and it might be perplexing to determine from whence came the waters that deposited them . I am not aware that similar washes ...
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