Download or read book Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region Classic Reprint written by J. Harlen Bretz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region The name Puget Sound was originally given by Vancouver to that portion of these inland arms of the sea which lies south of the Narrows near Tacoma. Vancouver distinguished two other main portions of these inlets; Hoods Canal and Admiralty Inlet. His usage was respected by Wilkes of the United States Exploring Expedition a half century later, but today the term Puget Sound embraces all three portions and is ftc quently used to include all marine waters connected with the Strait of J uan de F uca south of the International boundary line. In this broad sense it is used in the title of this paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region 1913 written by J. Harlen Bretz and published by . This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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Download or read book Memory Pictures of Puget Sound Region Classic Reprint written by Beth Bell Higgins and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memory Pictures of Puget Sound Region Once within their white enfolding wings, borne upward and away, all else is forgotten but the delight itself - the presence 'again of all that seemed to be sweetest in earth - the master ing influence of the time and scene, and once given up to the resistless spirits, I say, Yes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region a Dissertation Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy department of Geology by J Harlen Bretz written by J. Harlen Bretz and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Visit to the Glaciers of Alaska and Mount St Elias Classic Reprint written by Harold W. Topham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Visit to the Glaciers of Alaska and Mount St. Elias To those among my audience who were present two years ago when a paper on the same region was read by Mr. Seton-karr to the Society, I can, I fear, offer little that is new. They will, however, have, at least this advantage, they know exactly whe1e Mount St. Elias is situated. To those who may not, I will premise that to reach Alaska, they must cross first the Atlantic Ocean to Montreal, and then the American continent to Victoria in British Columbia, and then go up the Pacific coast by sea for a thousand miles, in order to find themselves at Sitka, the capital of Alaska. Not very far from Sitka is Glacier Bay. To the west of this is Cross Sound, and it is to the north-west of Cross Sound that the mountain range lies which it is my purpose to describe to-night. Into Glacier Bay many large glaciers descend, only one of which, the Muir, has been explored. It is 30 miles long, and its breadth, where it runs out into the sea, is one mile. It is decreasing very rapidly, so rapidly, indeed, that the sailors assert that they can, year after year, clearly distinguish the difference in its size. The height of the ice-wall at the foot of the glacier, where it is washed by the sea, was 319 feet m 1886, whilst last year it was 266 feet, a decrease of 53 feet. The centre of the glacier moves 70 feet per day, which 1s equal to five miles a year. This will be appreciated better if it is remembered that the Mer de Glace in Switzerland moves 1% foot per day, and the Aar Glacier 55 feet per year. We went up on to the ice to visit a cairn which the captain of our ship had previously erected for the purpose of ascertaining the rate of motion of the glacier. We found it almost overthrown into a crevasse, so we re-erected it and took sextant bearings from it to various peaks, for use this summer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Alaskan Glacier Studies of the National Geographic Society in the Yakutat Bay Prince William Sound and Lower Copper River Regions Classic Reprint written by Ralph Stockman Tarr and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Alaskan Glacier Studies of the National Geographic Society in the Yakutat Bay, Prince William Sound and Lower Copper River Regions Preliminary reports of the results obtained m 1909 and 1910 were published in the National Geographic Magazine for January, 1910, and June, 1911. The junior author lectured before the Society in Washington on February 18, 1910. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Homewaters written by David B. Williams and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2021-04-24 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underwater kelp forests as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. For millennia, vibrant Coast Salish communities have lived beside these waters dense with nutrient-rich foods, with cultures intertwined through exchanges across the waterways. Transformed by settlement and resource extraction, Puget Sound and its future health now depend on a better understanding of the region’s ecological complexities. Focusing on the area south of Port Townsend and between the Cascade and Olympic mountains, Williams uncovers human and natural histories in, on, and around the Sound. In conversations with archaeologists, biologists, and tribal authorities, Williams traces how generations of humans have interacted with such species as geoducks, salmon, orcas, rockfish, and herring. He sheds light on how warfare shaped development and how people have moved across this maritime highway, in canoes, the mosquito fleet, and today’s ferry system. The book also takes an unflinching look at how the Sound’s ecosystems have suffered from human behavior, including pollution, habitat destruction, and the effects of climate change. Witty, graceful, and deeply informed, Homewaters weaves history and science into a fascinating and hopeful narrative, one that will introduce newcomers to the astonishing life that inhabits the Sound and offers longtime residents new insight into and appreciation of the waters they call home. A Michael J. Repass Book
Download or read book The Ice Age in North America and Its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man written by George Frederick Wright and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sand and Gravel of the Puget Sound Glacial Drift written by Conrad John Opperman and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coastal Glaciers of Prince William Sound and Kenai Peninsula Alaska Classic Reprint written by U. S. Grant and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Coastal Glaciers of Prince William Sound and Kenai Peninsula, Alaska During the summer of 1905 the senior author and Sidney Paige were engaged in a study of the ore deposits and the general geology of Prince William Sound. This work was continued in 1908 for a few weeks by both the present authors, who in 1909 extended it to the southern part of Kenai Peninsula. In these three field seasons the whole shore line of Prince William Sound (except that of some of the islands) and of Kenai Peninsula from Portage Bay to Seldovia Bay Of Cook Inlet was examined. In the course of this work all the tidewater glaciers and many others near tidewater were seen and some notes, photographs, and maps were made of all the tidewater glaciers and of many Of the others. This work was hurriedly done and was secondary to the study of the bedrock geology and the ore deposits; nevertheless it is thought worth while to put on record the information thus Obtained regarding the glaciers, for it will afford a basis for future study of the fluctuations of these ice streams. This paper, then, is not expected to make many additions to the large amount of scientific material concerning the problems of glaciers and glaciation that is already available, but it is intended to supply some definite information regarding the present positions of the fronts of the glaciers and the more evident facts of their fluctuations. Moreover, it is hoped that this publication may attract attention to some of the most magnificent American scenery that is now accessible to the tourist and nature lover. Except the Columbia Glacier, the glaciers of Port Wells, and possibly one or two others, the ice streams here considered had not been figured nor described before this study was undertaken. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Last Glaciation written by Ernest Antevs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Last Glaciation: With Special Reference to the Ice Retreat in Northeastern North America The Recession of 'the Last Ice Sheet in New England. As the first successful working out of an exact glacial chronology on this side of the Atlantic, it was unique. Nature's own record Of 4300 years in New England was accurately deciphered by a method already in use in Sweden but until then not well known in America Moreover this was the first pronouncement of the principle that, if we are to correlate the ice retreat in America with that in Europe or elsewhere, we must first discover and -measure the larger variations in rate Of recession, due to slow, great oscillations of climate, and then, comparing these long fluctuations see whether or not they correspond in the two cases - not trusting a direct year-for-year comparison of varve graphs for localities on opposite sides of the ocean or north and South of the equator. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Natural History of Puget Sound Country written by Arthur R. Kruckeberg and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bounded on the east by the crest of the Cascade Range and on the west by the lofty east flank of the Olympic Mountains, Puget Sound terrain includes every imaginable topographic variety. This thoughtful and eloquent natural history of the Puget Sound region begins with a discussion of how the ice ages and vulcanism shaped the land and then examines the natural attributes of the region--flora and fauna, climate, special habitats, life histories of key organisms--as they pertain to the functioning ecosystem. Mankind's effects upon the natural environment are a pervasive theme of the book. Kruckeberg looks at both positive and negative aspects of human interaction with nature in the Puget basin. By probing the interconnectedness of all natural aspects of one region, Kruckeberg illustrates ecological principles at work and gives us a basis for wise decision-making. The Natural History of Puget Sound Country is a comprehensive reference, invaluable for all citizens of the Northwest, as well as for conservationists, biologists, foresters, fisheries and wildlife personnel, urban planners, and environmental consultants everywhere. Lavishly illustrated with over three hundred photographs and drawings, it is much more than a beautiful book. It is a guide to our future."--Google Books viewed Mar. 19, 2021.
Download or read book The Natural History of Puget Sound Country written by Arthur R. Kruckeberg and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award Bounded on the east by the crest of the Cascade Range and on the west by the lofty east flank of the Olympic Mountains, Puget Sound terrain includes every imaginable topograhic variety. This thoughtful and eloquent natural history of the Puget Sound region begins with a discussion of how the ice ages and vulcanism shaped the land and then examines the natural attributes of the region--flora and fauna, climate, special habitats, life histories of key organisms--as they pertain to the functioning ecosystem. Mankind's effects upon the natural environment are a pervasive theme of the book. Kruckeberg looks at both positive and negative aspects of human interaction with nature in the Puget basin. By probing the interconnectedness of all natural aspects of one region, Kruckeberg illustrates ecological principles at work and gives us a basis for wise decision-making. The Natural History of Puget Sound Country is a comprehensive reference, invaluable for all citizens of the Northwest, as well as for conservationists, biologists, foresters, fisheries and wildlife personnel, urban planners, and environmental consultants everywhere. Lavishly illustrated with over three hundred photographs and drawings, it is much more than a beautiful book. It is a guide to our future.
Download or read book The Recession of the Last Ice Sheet in New England Classic Reprint written by Ernst Antevs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Recession of the Last Ice Sheet in New England The student of glacial history, particularly in New England and New York, will discover in this study an amazing array of conclusions. Dr. Antevs has traced a series of clay layers which mark approximately successive years up the Connecticut Valley from Hartford, Conn., to St. Johnsbury, Vt. He has found large parts of the same series duplicated in the Hudson and Merri mac Valleys. He has worked out successive positions of the reced ing ice border, after only a few months of field work, in a region where two generations of American geologists, baf ed by the ah sence Of definite moraines, have realized little or no success. The estimate of time occupied by this recession is a simple arithmetical count, expressed not in centuries but in years. Such accuracy can never be claimed for our computations of time from the Niagara gorge, where large factors are only imperfectly measur able. An investigation so precise in method and execution and so suggestive will give fresh impulse to our studies of Pleistocene glaciation. There is scarcely a problem of the history Of this curious and interesting period that Dr. Antevs' work does not touch. It suggests, for instance, Where we should look for reces sional moraines and how moraines at widely separated points should be correlated. It stimulates more thorough study of the records made in ooded valleys and ponded lakes, with their shifting complicated outlines, and of the upward and downward warpings. Of the region which accompanied the withdrawal of the ice sheet. It assigns to each deposit its proper date, which, While not as yet connected with later records so as to permit it to be expressed as so many years bc, is nevertheless as accurately referred to a certain point in the glacial period as dates of human history are referred to the beginning of the Christian era. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
