Foot steps of the ancient Great Glacier of North America a long lost document of a revolution in 19th century geological theory /
Dr. John K. DeLaski practiced medicine in the Penobscot Bay region of Maine and, in addition, was a naturalist with keen powers of observation. His study of the landscape led to his conclusion that a thick glacier had overtopped the highest hills, filled all of Penobscot Bay, extended far to the eas...
| Other Authors: | Borns, H. W., Maasch, Kirk A., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
[2015]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps, portraits. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I John Kimball DeLaski
- Biographical sketch
- The manuscript
- Part II The Ancient Great Glacier of North America
- Preface
- The phenomena of boulder drift
- Carver?s Harbor
- Research on rocks
- Vinalhaven and North Haven
- Camden Hills and Mount Desert
- Mount Desert to Holden
- Bangor to the Piscataquis Valley
- Mount Katahdin
- The inescapable conclusion
- A large glacier
- Evidence from all over North America
- Boulder drift theories
- Objection to iceberg theory continued
- An astronomical theory
- Astronomical theory continued
- Theory of mutable axis of the earth
- Continental upheaval and subsidence
- The changeable relations of land and water
- Supposed cause of the cold period
- Geologic record since the Devonian
- The climate cools
- A glacial time
- Duration of the glacial age
- End of the glacial age
- On the motion of glaciers
- Purpose of the glacier
- Late-glacial cold-water marine shells of Maine and adjacent regions.