The Glaciers of the Alps Being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents, an Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to Which They Are Related
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I
- PART II
- 1 LIGHT AND HEAT
- 2 RADIANT HEAT
- 3 QUALITIES OF HEAT
- 4 ORIGIN OF GLACIERS
- 5
- 6 COLOUR OF WATER AND ICE
- 7 COLOURS OF THE SKY
- 8 THE MORAINES
- 9 GLACIER MOTION,—PRELIMINARY
- 10 MOTION OF THE MER DE GLACE
- 11 ICE WALL AT THE TACUL,—VELOCITIES OF TOP AND BOTTOM
- 12 WINTER MOTION OF THE MER DE GLACE
- 13 CAUSE OF GLACIER MOTION,—DE SAUSSURE'S THEORY
- 14 RENDU'S THEORY
- 15
- 16 FORBES'S THEORY
- 17 THE CREVASSES
- 18
- 19 HEAT AND WORK
- 20
- 21 THOMSON'S THEORY
- 22 PRESSURE THEORY
- 23 REGELATION
- 24 CRYSTALLIZATION AND INTERNAL LIQUEFACTION
- 25 THE MOULINS
- 26 DIRT-BANDS OF THE MER DE GLACE
- 27 VEINED STRUCTURE OF GLACIERS
- 28 THE VEINED STRUCTURE AND DIFFERENTIAL MOTION
- 29 THE RIPPLE THEORY OF THE VEINED STRUCTURE
- 30 THE VEINED STRUCTURE AND PRESSURE
- 31 THE VEINED STRUCTURE AND THE LIQUEFACTION OF ICE BY PRESSURE
- 32 WHITE ICE-SEAMS OF THE GLACIER DU GÉANT
- 33
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
26 - DIRT-BANDS OF THE MER DE GLACE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I
- PART II
- 1 LIGHT AND HEAT
- 2 RADIANT HEAT
- 3 QUALITIES OF HEAT
- 4 ORIGIN OF GLACIERS
- 5
- 6 COLOUR OF WATER AND ICE
- 7 COLOURS OF THE SKY
- 8 THE MORAINES
- 9 GLACIER MOTION,—PRELIMINARY
- 10 MOTION OF THE MER DE GLACE
- 11 ICE WALL AT THE TACUL,—VELOCITIES OF TOP AND BOTTOM
- 12 WINTER MOTION OF THE MER DE GLACE
- 13 CAUSE OF GLACIER MOTION,—DE SAUSSURE'S THEORY
- 14 RENDU'S THEORY
- 15
- 16 FORBES'S THEORY
- 17 THE CREVASSES
- 18
- 19 HEAT AND WORK
- 20
- 21 THOMSON'S THEORY
- 22 PRESSURE THEORY
- 23 REGELATION
- 24 CRYSTALLIZATION AND INTERNAL LIQUEFACTION
- 25 THE MOULINS
- 26 DIRT-BANDS OF THE MER DE GLACE
- 27 VEINED STRUCTURE OF GLACIERS
- 28 THE VEINED STRUCTURE AND DIFFERENTIAL MOTION
- 29 THE RIPPLE THEORY OF THE VEINED STRUCTURE
- 30 THE VEINED STRUCTURE AND PRESSURE
- 31 THE VEINED STRUCTURE AND THE LIQUEFACTION OF ICE BY PRESSURE
- 32 WHITE ICE-SEAMS OF THE GLACIER DU GÉANT
- 33
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
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- The Glaciers of the AlpsBeing a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents, an Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to Which They Are Related, pp. 367 - 375Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1860