Early Discoverers XXXVI: W.J. McGee On Glacial Erosion Laws and the Development of Glacial Valleys

Abstract In work presented in 1883 and published in full in 1894, W.J. McGee made one of the first clear attempts to outline the main morphologic differences between glaciated valleys and valleys developed by processes dominant in more temperate areas. Moreover, with an unprecedented analysis of gla...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Author: Harbor, Jonathan M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1989
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000009357
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000009357