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Some Salient Points in the Science of the Earth

by John William Dawson

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The Great Ice Age

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
MY LATE FRIEND

DAVID MILNE HOME, LL.D., F.R.S.E., ETC.,

An eminent and judicious Advocate of sound and
moderate Views respecting the Glacial Age.

Exaggerated Ideas—The St. Lawrence Valley—Modern Ice Action in the St. Lawrence—Coast Ice—The Icebergs of Belle-Isle—Mt. Blanc and its Glaciers—Effects of Glaciers—Possible Extension of Glaciers—Facts of Glaciation in Canada—Cordilleran Glacier, Laurentide Glacier, Appalachian Glacier—Submerged Valleys and Plains—Double Submergence and Intermediate Partial Elevation—Interglacial Periods—Questions as to Alternate Glaciation of Northern and Southern Hemispheres

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