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IV.—On the Creeping of the Soilcap through the Action of Frost

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Charles Davison
Charles Davison
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Mathematical Master at King Edward's High School, Birmingham.
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1. The object of this paper is to show how the soilcap, or its upper portion, may creep down an inclined surface through the action of frost. The subject has also been discussed by Mr. W. C. Kerr in a valuable memoir, “On the action of frost in the arrangement of superficial earthy material,” published in May, 1881. I reproduce here one of the figures given by Mr. Kerr, as I cannot better describe the nature of the phenomenon which it is the aim of this paper to consider.

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Original Articles
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Geological Magazine , Volume 6 , Issue 6 , June 1889 , pp. 255 - 261
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1889

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References

page 255 note 1 American Journal of Science, 3rd ser. vol. xxi. pp. 345–358.Google Scholar

page 259 note 1 The measurements thus made are probably correct to one-eighth of a millimetre.