On the origin of the Engadine lakes
By: C. S. Du Riche Preller.
Material type: ArticleDescription: 448-453p.Subject(s): Origin - Engadine lake In: Geological magazine : Vol. 10 Iss. 1-12 Year. 1893Summary: Extract Any geologist who, in these days, is still bold enough to affirm that the origin of Alpine Lakes generally is due to glacial erosion, must surely derive considerable comfort from a visit to the Upper Engadine; for the four lakes which adorn that valley appear, at first sight, to constitute so many typical examples of the erosive power of the ancient Inn glacier, and therefore a striking confirmation of that time-honoured theory. A closer and more extensive examination of the physiography of that exceedingly interesting district, leads, however, as in so many similar cases, to a very different, and precisely opposite conclusion.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Any geologist who, in these days, is still bold enough to affirm that the origin of Alpine Lakes generally is due to glacial erosion, must surely derive considerable comfort from a visit to the Upper Engadine; for the four lakes which adorn that valley appear, at first sight, to constitute so many typical examples of the erosive power of the ancient Inn glacier, and therefore a striking confirmation of that time-honoured theory. A closer and more extensive examination of the physiography of that exceedingly interesting district, leads, however, as in so many similar cases, to a very different, and precisely opposite conclusion.
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