Early Discoveries of the Effects of Ice Action in Australia

Abstract The effects of past glaciation in what is now Australian territory were first recognized on Macquarie Island, probably by David Ramsay, in 1821. The recognition by Darwin in 1836, and reporting by Milligan in 1848 of ice-transported pebbles and boulders in late Palaeozoic marine rocks in Ta...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Banks, Maxwell R., Colhoun, Eric A., Hannan, David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1987
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002214300000873x
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002214300000873X