Item #172753 The Ice Age in North America and its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man. G. Frederick Wright.
The Ice Age in North America and its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man
The Ice Age in North America and its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man
The Ice Age in North America and its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man
The Ice Age in North America and its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man
The Ice Age in North America and its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man
The Ice Age in North America and its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man

The Ice Age in North America and its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1896. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Pale blue boards with green and gilt stamped lettering and green illustration. xl, 648 pp. Illustrations, maps. Good, binding loose at spine, light to moderate corner and edge wear to boards, ownership bookplate on inside of front cover, inscription in ink. Item #172753

Contents: What is a glacier? -- Existing glaciers on the Pacific coast -- A month with the Muir glacier -- Glaciers of Greenland -- Glaciers in other parts of the world -- Signs of glaciation -- Boundary of the glaciated area in North America -- Depth of ice during the glacial period -- Terminal Moraines -- Glacial erosion and transportation -- Drumlins -- Preglacial drainage -- Drainage of the glacial period -- Kames -- Glacial dams, lakes, and waterfalls -- The Loess -- Flight of plants and animals during the glacial period -- Europe during the glacial period -- The cause of the glacial period -- The date of the glacial period -- Man and the glacial period -- Man and the glacial period (continued) -- Appendix A. Probable causes of glaciation -- Appendix B. Chalmers on the glaciation of Eastern Canada.

OCLC: 1066783085

Price: $120.00

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