The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 19Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1981 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 37
Page 164
... glacial meltwaters flowing in ice channels , subglacial tunnels , or along and beyond the glacier front . Extent of The extent of glaciation during the Pleistocene Epoch Pleistocene ( 2,500,000 to 10,000 years ago ) has been determined ...
... glacial meltwaters flowing in ice channels , subglacial tunnels , or along and beyond the glacier front . Extent of The extent of glaciation during the Pleistocene Epoch Pleistocene ( 2,500,000 to 10,000 years ago ) has been determined ...
Page 165
... glacial landscape . Earth materials of glacial origin are also of significant economic value . Sand and gravel , widely available in glaciated areas , are used for aggregate in the manufac- ture of concrete and for road material on ...
... glacial landscape . Earth materials of glacial origin are also of significant economic value . Sand and gravel , widely available in glaciated areas , are used for aggregate in the manufac- ture of concrete and for road material on ...
Page 172
lobe of ice cap A B Charac- teristics of glacial sediments Unsorted deposits of nonglacial origin End moraines and their implica- tions The role of meltwater. floor of the lake . Glacial deposition rather than glacial erosion must have ...
lobe of ice cap A B Charac- teristics of glacial sediments Unsorted deposits of nonglacial origin End moraines and their implica- tions The role of meltwater. floor of the lake . Glacial deposition rather than glacial erosion must have ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
animals army Austria basins Bavaria became Berlin BIBLIOGRAPHY British central centre century Christian church cities clubs colour cultural Democrats deposits dialects early East eastern economic El Greco elected electors Emperor empire English Europe Federal force France Frederick French Frisian German Germany's germfree geyser Ghana glacial glacier glass Gnostic Goethe gold golf grammar grasslands gravitational graywackes Greece Greek Habsburg Icelandic imperial important industry Italy king known Lake land language later major mass ment metres modern mountain Netherlandic Old Frisian Old Norse origin painting Party percent period player Pleistocene political population princes produced Proto-Germanic Proto-Indo-European Prussia reform regions Reich Republic Rhine River rock Roman Saxony social soil sources Soviet species surface temperature territorial tion traditional trans U.S. Open United valley vowels West Germany western