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... Period in North America [ 1866 ] , Nova Scotian Inst . Nat . Sci . , vol . 2 , pt . 4 , 1867 , pp . 91- 106 ; On ... Period , Journ . of Sci . , vol . 4 , 1874 , PP . 421-464 ; The Steppes of Siberia , Geol . Soc . Quart . Journ . , vol ...
... Period in North America [ 1866 ] , Nova Scotian Inst . Nat . Sci . , vol . 2 , pt . 4 , 1867 , pp . 91- 106 ; On ... Period , Journ . of Sci . , vol . 4 , 1874 , PP . 421-464 ; The Steppes of Siberia , Geol . Soc . Quart . Journ . , vol ...
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... period , and these , once admitted , afforded me a solution of many phenomena that had before been inexplicable . The immense ridges of boulder clay between San Rafael and Yales , the long hog- backed hills near Tablason , the great ...
... period , and these , once admitted , afforded me a solution of many phenomena that had before been inexplicable . The immense ridges of boulder clay between San Rafael and Yales , the long hog- backed hills near Tablason , the great ...
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... period , and ice- bergs could not have floated without such submergence , so that , in the cases I have mentioned , the boulders , if ice - borne , have been carried by glaciers and not by floating ice . Whilst I thus found evidence of ...
... period , and ice- bergs could not have floated without such submergence , so that , in the cases I have mentioned , the boulders , if ice - borne , have been carried by glaciers and not by floating ice . Whilst I thus found evidence of ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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