Foot Steps of the Ancient Great Glacier of North America : A Long Lost Document of a Revolution in 19th Century Geological Theory /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2015. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I John Kimball DeLaski
- Biographical sketch
- The manuscript
- Part II The Ancient Great Glacier of North America
- Preface
- The phenomena of boulder drift
- Carver’s Harbor
- Research on rocks
- Vinalhaven and North Haven
- Camden Hills and Mount Desert
- Mount Desert to Holden
- Bangor to the Piscataquis Valley
- Mount Katahdin
- The inescapable conclusion - A large glacier
- Evidence from all over North America
- Boulder drift theories
- Objection to iceberg theory continued
- An astronomical theory
- Astronomical theory continued
- Theory of mutable axis of the earth
- Continental upheaval and subsidence
- The changeable relations of land and water
- Supposed cause of the cold period
- Geologic record since the Devonian
- The climate cools
- A glacial time
- Duration of the glacial age
- End of the glacial age
- On the motion of glaciers
- Purpose of the glacier
- Late-glacial cold-water marine shells of Maine and adjacent regions.