On the Origin of the Alpine Lakes and Valleys1865 |
Common terms and phrases
accumulation Albertville Allinges Alpine Alps Amongst ancient glaciers Arve basin bears a relation Beche beds of Mollasse beneath borders boulders Bourg St calcareous chains of mountains Charpentier Chasseron clay Corsier curve defile depression depth direction Dranse drift below Geneva drift of Necker dune enormous mass erratic blocks Evian evident existing glaciers extended geological map glacial deposit glacial drift glacial epoch glacial mud inclination Isère Jura kilometres l'Ecluse Lake Leman Lake of Geneva lake-basins limit map of Savoy Martigny mass of pebbles mean level median line metres near Meillerie Mont Sion Nearer Geneva nearly neighbourhood north-east old drift older drift parallel passed Playaux near Vevey power to remove principal soundings relation which subsists remarkable reversal Rhone right bank rolled pebbles Saussure scoop scratched pebbles Soleure southern bank strata supposition Swiss plain theory of excavation Thonon torrent traces transport turn their backs Valais valley of Chamouny Villeneuve Voirons