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Glacial Movement Shows Trees Buried Long Ago. GLACIAL MOVEMENT SHOWS TREES BURIED LONG AGO JUNEAU, Alaska—Great forests wiped out by glaciers only a few thousand years ago have been uncovered by a small recession of the Alaskan coastal glaciers, according to findings reported by William S. Cooper, U...
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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/92197 2023-05-15T16:20:31+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska, Geology. United States. Spokesman Review 1937-12-13 Glacial Movement Shows Trees Buried Long Ago. 1937-12-13 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/92197 English eng nwh-sh-10-9-11 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/92197 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History Alaska box 10 glacier movement Juneau Alaska Alaskan coastal glaciers University of Minnesota William S. Cooper Geographical Review glacial deposits Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Text Clippings 1937 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:18:56Z Glacial Movement Shows Trees Buried Long Ago. GLACIAL MOVEMENT SHOWS TREES BURIED LONG AGO JUNEAU, Alaska—Great forests wiped out by glaciers only a few thousand years ago have been uncovered by a small recession of the Alaskan coastal glaciers, according to findings reported by William S. Cooper, University of Minnesota glaciologist, in the Geographies' Review. Shortly after the last great ice age, which ended only 20,000 years ago, the ice receded far up the valleys on the Alaskan coast, and great forests grew up on the well-watered valley floors. A period of cooling then caused a. glacial readvance, and the forests were buried under frozen gravel and ice. Recently, the ice has melted, and the stumps of posed. This recent retreat began only about 200 years ago, according to evidence supplied by rings in trees growing on the glacial deposits. Text glacier glaciers Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Pacific |
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Glacial Movement Shows Trees Buried Long Ago. GLACIAL MOVEMENT SHOWS TREES BURIED LONG AGO JUNEAU, Alaska—Great forests wiped out by glaciers only a few thousand years ago have been uncovered by a small recession of the Alaskan coastal glaciers, according to findings reported by William S. Cooper, University of Minnesota glaciologist, in the Geographies' Review. Shortly after the last great ice age, which ended only 20,000 years ago, the ice receded far up the valleys on the Alaskan coast, and great forests grew up on the well-watered valley floors. A period of cooling then caused a. glacial readvance, and the forests were buried under frozen gravel and ice. Recently, the ice has melted, and the stumps of posed. This recent retreat began only about 200 years ago, according to evidence supplied by rings in trees growing on the glacial deposits. |
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