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MORAINES OF EXTINCT GLACIERS 



the Dora Riparia, which brings down the waters from Mont 

 Cenis, and from the Alps SW. of it. I there observed stria 

 ted fragments of dolomite and gypsum, which had come 



Fig. 43 





MAP OF THE MORAINES OF EXTINCT GLACIERS EXTENDING FEOM THE 

 ALPS INTO THE PLAINS OF THE PO NEAR TURIN. 



From Map of the ancient Glaciers of the Italian side of the Alps by 

 Signor Gabriel de Mortillet. 



A Crest or watershed of the Alps. 



B Snow-covered Alpine summits which fed the ancient glaciers. 



c Moraines of ancient or extinct glaciers. 



