The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volumes 1-10Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 - Reference [1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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Page 165
... glacier moves over the land surface it modifies the terrain by removing material ( glacial erosion ) or by de- positing debris carried within the ice mass or on the glacier surface ( glacial deposition ) . Each of these major glacial ...
... glacier moves over the land surface it modifies the terrain by removing material ( glacial erosion ) or by de- positing debris carried within the ice mass or on the glacier surface ( glacial deposition ) . Each of these major glacial ...
Page 166
... glacier sur- face in the zone of accumulation has two components of movement as it is carried by the glacier . One component is down - valley , parallel to the general surface of the gla- cier . The other component is vertically ...
... glacier sur- face in the zone of accumulation has two components of movement as it is carried by the glacier . One component is down - valley , parallel to the general surface of the gla- cier . The other component is vertically ...
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... glacier ice . Older ground moraine , deposited by earlier advances of Pleistocene continental glaciers , retains few of the orig- inal constructional features because of the action of sur- face runoff . The swamps and lakes have either ...
... glacier ice . Older ground moraine , deposited by earlier advances of Pleistocene continental glaciers , retains few of the orig- inal constructional features because of the action of sur- face runoff . The swamps and lakes have either ...
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