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Glaciers and Glacial Erosion
β Scribed by Clifford Embleton (eds.)
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- Macmillan Education UK
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- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 287
- Series
- The Geographical Readings series
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- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages 1-8
Introduction....Pages 9-20
Account of a Survey of the Mer de Glace and its Environs....Pages 21-37
Glacial Erosion in France, Switzerland and Norway....Pages 38-69
The Profile of Maturity in Alpine Glacial Erosion....Pages 70-78
Crescentic Gouges on Glaciated Surfaces....Pages 79-91
Geologic History of the Yosemite Valley....Pages 92-118
Observations on the Drainage and Rates of Denudation in the HoffellsjΓΆkull District....Pages 119-129
Radiating Valleys in Glaciated Lands....Pages 130-148
The Forms of Glacial Erosion....Pages 149-172
Glacial Erosion in the Finger Lakes Region, New York State....Pages 173-187
Measurements of Side-slip at Austerdalsbreen, 1959....Pages 188-204
The Flow Characteristics of a Cirque Glacier and their Effect on Cirque Formation....Pages 205-228
Direct Observation of the Mechanism of Glacier Sliding over Bedrock....Pages 229-243
The Theory of Glacier Sliding....Pages 244-268
Back Matter....Pages 269-287
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Geomorphology
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