Studying these in the Swiss Alps, Louis Agassiz postulated the Earth was once covered by them
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Louis Agassiz - Wikipedia  Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss-American biologist and geologist recognized as an innovative and prodigious scholar of Earth's natural history, with later American writings that have received scrutiny because of particular racial themes. Agassiz grew up in Switzerland, and studied and received Doctor of ... He at once threw himself into the work with an enthusiasm which...
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Louis agssiz | Facebook  In 1837 Agassiz was the first to scientifically propose that the Earth had been ... resembling those now existing in Greenland, once covered all the countries in which ... the glaciers of the Alps the subjects of special study, and Goethe,[3] Charpentier ... of 19th-century America, Agassiz was born in Motier-en-Vuly, Switzerland.
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Part 14: Evidence for Ice Ages Through 1960  These consist of both lodgement and ablation layers and are known as ... then that Agassiz' friend, Reverend Buckland, had been confused by these deposits. ... at one time, water tumbling rocks and gravel across bedrock would obliterate them. ..... A large area of the earth's surface is covered by fine sediment called loess.
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the early history of glacial theory in british geology - International ...  to Louis Agassiz's "modern" theory of a glacial epoch. ... William Buckland called attention to these deposits in his inaugural lecture when .... explanation of the transport of erratic blocks from the Alps to the Jura. .... the author argues, that great sheets of ice, resembling those now existing in Greenland, once covered all.
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Louis Agassiz | Swiss-American scientist and educator | Britannica ...  Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher who made revolutionary contributions to the study of natural ... Louis Agassiz, in full Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (born May 28, 1807, ... His final conclusion was that great sheets of ice, resembling those now existing in Greenland, once covered all the countries in...
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The gallery of nature; or Wonders of the earth and the heavens, by ...  Page 418 418 WONDERS OF THE EARTH pass of the Great St. Bernard, and by ..... These basins are large, circular spaces covered with alluvial soil, sometimes ..... Mr. Stephens, the American traveller, thus describes his first acquaintance ...... The sea beats against the foundations of the road, and the seamews cross it,...
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The great great grandfather of mountaineering  Mark Horrell  Feb 22, 2012 ... I was desperately anxious to see at close quarters the great Alpine summits ... The seeds had been sown a quarter of a century earlier in 1760, when Horace-Benedict de Saussure, at the time ... by Mont Blanc that he offered a reward to the first person to climb it. ... Portrait of Horace Benedict de Saussure.
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MINNESOTA GUIDE: CHAPTER 2 - New Deal Network  (It was in these early Archean waters that the ore of the Vermilion Range was deposited.) ... Even though several of these rock masses are called iron ranges they are not uniformly ore bearing, ... Mesabi, variously spelled, is from the Indian word for giant. .... the well preserved remains of which are constantly coming to light.
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Plate Tectonics and Earth History - UWGB Home  Oct 14, 2003 ... Chances are good that a large part of the continental crust will collect in ... This has happened twice that we know of, and perhaps more times in the distant geologic past. ... Asia, as well as portions of Iran and Tibet, have not quite attached. ... Around 130-100 million years ago, Gondwanaland breaks apart.
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The French explorers  Samuel de Champlain had been the first European to become curious about ... over the Great Lakes country, and probably was the first European to see northern Michigan. ... These French explorers were the first to hear about an area the Indians called ... In 1673 Louis Joliet, a cartographer and merchant who had already...
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Catastrophism - Wikipedia  Catastrophism is the theory that the Earth has been affected in the past by sudden, short-lived, ... The concept was first popularised by the early 19th-century French scientist Georges Cuvier, who proposed that new life forms had moved in from other areas after local floods, and avoided religious or metaphysical speculation...
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Free Flashcards about GEOLOGY/EARTH SCI. - StudyStack  CHARLES LYELL'S "PRINCIPLES OF" THIS SCIENCE SAID PROCESSES THAT HAVE CHANGED THE EARTH CONTINUE TO OPERATE TODAY, GEOLOGY.
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Antarctica: A Biography | Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research  Chapter 4 (18391843): Jules Sbastien Dumont D'Urville claims a sector of ... Quotation: Ross described how the members of his expedition had 'gazed .... Lincoln Ellsworth puts into action his plan to fly across the continent from the ... Chapter 15 (19391941): Claimant nations put Antarctic colonization on their national...
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Eduard Suess | Earth 520: Plate Tectonics and People: Foundations ...  He received full professorship in 1867 and remained in this position until 1901. ... Suess is credited for generating many of the concepts that led to the theory of ... Diagram of Gondwanaland showing locations of the fossil Glossopteris in dark green. ... Suess is responsible for the Vienna Hochquellenwasserleitung (mountain...
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Pangea | supercontinent | Britannica.com  Jun 10, 2016 ... Pangea was surrounded by a global ocean called Panthalassa, and it was fully assembled. ... Its name is derived from the Greek pangaia, meaning all the Earth. ... interior portion of a continent) of Siberia to that combined landmass ... that Earth's continents were once joined together into the supercontinent...
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Kilimanjaro geology and physical features - Daily News  Oct 31, 2015 ... Most of the eastern side of the mountain has been removed by ... Johann Ludwig Krapf wrote in 1860 that Swahilis along the coast ... and has quoted Rebmann's diary entry of 11 May 1848 as saying, ... In August 1871, missionary Charles New became the first European to reach the equatorial snows on...
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Glacial Lake Agassiz - Eds-resources.com  Jan 22, 2016 ... Lake Agassiz, named after Swiss geologist Louis Agassiz, was a ... much of Manitoba as well as parts of Ontario, Saskatchewan, Minnesota, and North Dakota. ... prevented from flowing northward by remnants of the Laurentide Ice Sheet ... with the existence of such now-extinct animals as the giant beaver,...
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IBM Research News 2/2011 - Zurich  Argentinean peak. Category: WORLD GEOGRAPHY. Clue: In 1897 Swiss climber Matthias Zurbriggen became the first to scale this Argentinean peak.
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Jeopary Questions page 356 - WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ...  WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: During a visit to this country, he had a passionate ... Some theorize that the Earth once had just one of these, called Panthalassa.
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Louis Agassiz - Wikipedia  Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss-American biologist and geologist recognized as an ... They were magnificently illustrated, chiefly by Joseph Dinkel. ... fossil ichthyology; and in 1838 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Society. .... In 1863, Agassiz's daughter Ida married Henry Lee Higginson, later to be...
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Napoleon > A Closer Look: Jacques-Louis David - NGV  ... the Alps at Great St. Bernard Pass, 20 May 1800 of 1803, a uniformed Napoleon sits ... His depiction of Napoleon crossing the Alps drew on his knowledge of...