July-August 1879, Alaska Trip Image 57

parallelism with the coast, and with the well marked scratches, striae, and [ ] rocks on comparatively level ground where the flow was nearly uninfluenced by the topographical features would of itself suggest this origin as to cause; while the compliance to groups of mountains bearing ice as to tren...

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Main Author: Muir, John
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spelling ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-2436 2023-08-27T04:09:37+02:00 July-August 1879, Alaska Trip Image 57 Muir, John 1879-07-01T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1437 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2436/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1437 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2436/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg To view additional information on copyright and related rights of this item, such as to purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies . All John Muir Journals John Muir journals drawings writings travel journaling naturalist text 1879 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:02:37Z parallelism with the coast, and with the well marked scratches, striae, and [ ] rocks on comparatively level ground where the flow was nearly uninfluenced by the topographical features would of itself suggest this origin as to cause; while the compliance to groups of mountains bearing ice as to trend-variation corroborates it. The determining cause of the location of these parallel coast fiords was the pre-glacial mountain spurs, the modified, heavily over-swept remnants of which form the walls of the fiords, and the highest of these towards the last of the period nourished and sent down small local glaciers, sculpturing them in some places quite deeply, the tributary canons coming down to tide water. All above 2000 ft nourished these local glaciers. The islands, so remarkable a feature, are simply roches moutonees brought into relief from the general mass as in inland glaciation from superior strength and favorable location. That this is the simple cause of this stupendous group https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2436/thumbnail.jpg Text glaciers Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Glacial Mountain ENVELOPE(-129.454,-129.454,58.250,58.250)
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description parallelism with the coast, and with the well marked scratches, striae, and [ ] rocks on comparatively level ground where the flow was nearly uninfluenced by the topographical features would of itself suggest this origin as to cause; while the compliance to groups of mountains bearing ice as to trend-variation corroborates it. The determining cause of the location of these parallel coast fiords was the pre-glacial mountain spurs, the modified, heavily over-swept remnants of which form the walls of the fiords, and the highest of these towards the last of the period nourished and sent down small local glaciers, sculpturing them in some places quite deeply, the tributary canons coming down to tide water. All above 2000 ft nourished these local glaciers. The islands, so remarkable a feature, are simply roches moutonees brought into relief from the general mass as in inland glaciation from superior strength and favorable location. That this is the simple cause of this stupendous group https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2436/thumbnail.jpg
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