Foot Steps of the Ancient Great Glacier of North America
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Foot Steps of the Ancient Great Glacier of North America
A Long Lost Document of a Revolution in 19th Century Geological Theory
Maasch, Kirk Allen; Borns, Jr., Harold W.
Springer International Publishing AG
10/2016
202
Mole
Inglês
9783319379418
15 a 20 dias
3285
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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.
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Biblical Flood;Continental Glaciation;Glaciation;Glaciation Early Interpretation;Maine Glaciation;New Brunswick Glaciation;Valley Glaciation;historical geology;climate change
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.
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