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Foot Steps of the Ancient Great Glacier of North America
Maasch, Kirk Allen; Borns, Harold W., Jr.
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Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; RBGF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
John K. DeLaski, M.D. 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 the conclusion that a thick glacier had overtopped the highest hills, flooded all of Penobscot Bay, extended far to the east and west and probably was part of a greater continental glacier. He published these very critical field observations and inferences in numerous articles in local newspapers and magazines, and in the American Journal of Science in 1864. His work put him on the “team” of Benjamin Silliman, James ... Read more
John K. DeLaski, M.D. 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 the conclusion that a thick glacier had overtopped the highest hills, flooded all of Penobscot Bay, extended far to the east and west and probably was part of a greater continental glacier. He published these very critical field observations and inferences in numerous articles in local newspapers and magazines, and in the American Journal of Science in 1864. His work put him on the “team” of Benjamin Silliman, James ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319379418
SKU
V9783319379418
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About Maasch, Kirk Allen; Borns, Harold W., Jr.
Harold William Borns, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Glacial and Quaternary Geology at the University of Maine. He has taught geology for 50 years and in retirement has continued Ice Age field research projects in Maine, Denmark and Ireland. Professor Borns has had published about 150 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, made many geological maps for the Maine Geological Survey and ... Read more
Reviews for Foot Steps of the Ancient Great Glacier of North America
“This book is a treasure for natural scientists interested in the emergence of 19th-century thought. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty.” (J. D. Ives, Choice, Vol. 53 (1), September, 2015)