Studies in the Sierra. No. I - Mountain Sculpture.
In a series of seven articles, of which this is the first, Muir illustrates each with his own pen sketches. ""In the beginning of the long glacial winter, the lofty Sierra seems to have consisted of one vast undulated wave, in which a thousand separate mountains with their domes and spires...
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The Overland Monthly, v. 12, no. 5
1874
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| Summary: | In a series of seven articles, of which this is the first, Muir illustrates each with his own pen sketches. ""In the beginning of the long glacial winter, the lofty Sierra seems to have consisted of one vast undulated wave, in which a thousand separate mountains with their domes and spires, their innumerable canons and lake basins, lay, concealed."" The article shows the results of the ice sheet on the varying types of underlying rock structure. |
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