Studies in the Sierra. No. IV.-Glacial Denudation.

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1918
• Subjects: Environmentalist; naturalist; travel; conservation; national parks; John Muir; history; pamphlets; journal articles; speeches; writing; annotation; Arctic; Greenland; Norway; Tamarack; glacier; glaciers; North Greenland; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/400; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmb/article/1399/viewcontent/349.pdf

STUDIES IN THE SIERRA By John Muir NO. IV. GLACIAL DENUDATION GLACIAL denudation is one of the noblest and simplest manifestations of sun-power. Ocean water is lifted in vapor, crystallized into snow, and sown broadcast upon the mountains. Thaw and frost, combined with the pressure of its own weight...