II.—Ice and Ice-Work in Newfoundland

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Author: Milne, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1876
• Subjects: Geology; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800154986; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800154986

Aspect of Newfoundland .—It has been suggested that the so-called glacial effects which are universally seen in temperate, and even in tropical regions, may in many cases have been due to an ocean on which great icebergs floated. These, as they moved from point to point (like huge pepper-castors), strewed broadcast boulders and detrital matter, such as are now to be seen over an area like that of Russia and parts of North America. The effect of the force of impact of these tremendous masses has also been dwelt on, and the way in which they could grind, smooth down, or rub up the surface of a submerged area, has also often been referred to.