CHAPTER XXVII 



SUCCESSIVE GLACIER TYPES OF A WANING 

 GLACIATION 



Transition from the ice cap to the mountain glacier. A study 

 of existing glaciers leads inevitably to the conclusion that although 

 subject to short period advances and retreats, yet, broadly speak- 



ftAO/AT/NG 



OENDxmc GLAC/EHS 



GLAC/Eff GLAC/ERS 



FIG. 408. Schematic diagram to show the relationships of glacier types formed 

 in succession during a receding hemicycle of glaciation. 



ing, glaciers are now gradually wasting away, surrounded by wide 

 areas upon which are the evidences of their recent occupation. 

 We are thus living in a receding hemicycle of glaciation. 



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