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Stagnant Glaciers
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Stagnant Glaciers

  • R. M. DEELEY1 

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IN the notice of the Professional Papers of the U.S. Geological Survey on the “Glaciers, Goldfields, and Landslides of North America,” published in NATURE of July 21, attention is directed to the peculiar stagnant condition of some glaciers, and to the fact that certain glaciers, after being stagnant for long intervals, suddenly commence to move.

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