The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
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“ Mr. Belt advocates the agency of ice , and ice - dams , and great lakes — to use his own words — in place of ' great upheavals and depressions of the earth's surface within a comparatively short period ; ' and he questions the ...
“ Mr. Belt advocates the agency of ice , and ice - dams , and great lakes — to use his own words — in place of ' great upheavals and depressions of the earth's surface within a comparatively short period ; ' and he questions the ...
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In his investigations into glacial phenomena , careful observations were made at the great lakes of the American continent , the gorge of the Niagara , on and the valley of the St. Lawrence , followed afterwards PREFACE . xiii.
In his investigations into glacial phenomena , careful observations were made at the great lakes of the American continent , the gorge of the Niagara , on and the valley of the St. Lawrence , followed afterwards PREFACE . xiii.
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The Production and Preservation of Lakes by Ice Action . Note on the Discovery of a Human Skull in the Drift near Denver , Colorado . Read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science at St. Louis , Mo. , August 1878 .
The Production and Preservation of Lakes by Ice Action . Note on the Discovery of a Human Skull in the Drift near Denver , Colorado . Read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science at St. Louis , Mo. , August 1878 .
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The Production and Preservation of Lakes by Ice Action . Vol . ii . , pt . 3 , p . 70 . The Glacial Period in North America . Vol . ii . , pt . 4 , p . 91 . Geological Magazine . On some new Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian of North ...
The Production and Preservation of Lakes by Ice Action . Vol . ii . , pt . 3 , p . 70 . The Glacial Period in North America . Vol . ii . , pt . 4 , p . 91 . Geological Magazine . On some new Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian of North ...
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... the plains of Southern Australia ; some during many a solitary sleigh drive over frozen lakes.
... the plains of Southern Australia ; some during many a solitary sleigh drive over frozen lakes.
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| Pealkiri | The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
| Autor | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Edward Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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