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... Materials that are picked up by eroding glaciers are transported by the moving ice and deposited at the base of the glacier or along its margin . Meltwater streams de- bouching from glacier margins carry sediment beyond the ice front ...
... Materials that are picked up by eroding glaciers are transported by the moving ice and deposited at the base of the glacier or along its margin . Meltwater streams de- bouching from glacier margins carry sediment beyond the ice front ...
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... materials at a given temperature . Ordi- nary glass contains about 15 percent soda to render it workable at moderate temperatures . Lime is also neces- sary to prevent water solubility . This article has been divided as follows : The ...
... materials at a given temperature . Ordi- nary glass contains about 15 percent soda to render it workable at moderate temperatures . Lime is also neces- sary to prevent water solubility . This article has been divided as follows : The ...
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... materials . Because it was so plentiful , iron was the ultimate metal to supplant stone and other materials . The stage was set , perhaps 4,000 years ago , for the forms of the basic tools to be defined ; the ax , chisel , file , and ...
... materials . Because it was so plentiful , iron was the ultimate metal to supplant stone and other materials . The stage was set , perhaps 4,000 years ago , for the forms of the basic tools to be defined ; the ax , chisel , file , and ...
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