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ICE RECESSION IN NEW ENGLAND 



Smith. Alfred, 3 



South Hadley, Mass., 15 



South Hadley Falls, Mass., 14 



South Windsor, Conn., 12 



Spitsbergen, 85 



Springfield, Mass., brickyards, 13; 



reliability of varves, 49 

 Stockholm, 101 

 Stockport, X. Y., 46 

 Stony Brook, South Hadley, Mass., 15 

 Stoughton's Brook, 13 

 Striae, sources of information, 104 

 Sugar Ball Bluff, N. H., 25 

 Sugar River, 28 

 Suncook, X. H., 23 

 Suncook River, late glacial, 57 

 Superior, Lake, 87 

 Sverige Amerika Stiftelsen, xii 

 Sweden, flora, 90; ice retreat, xi; ice 



retreat as compared with Xew 



England, 48; rate of ice retreat, 90; 



temperature, 85, 86 

 Syracuse, X. Y., 97, 99 



Tarr, R. S., 106 



Taylor, F. B., 3, 92, 95, 96, 107 

 Temperature, 85, 89. See also Climate 

 Topography, influence on rate of 



recession, 87 

 Turners Falls, Mass., brickyard, 19 



Upham, Warren, 3, 81, 82, 95 

 Utica, X. Y., 97 



Varve clay, formation, 1; manner of 



deposition (ill.), 2; method of 



investigation, 3 

 Varve curves, agreement from widely 



separated localities, 67; examples 



illustrating agreement, 65 



Varve studies, bearing on previous 

 work, 94; confirmations, 95; contri- 

 bution to the problem of glacial 

 correlation of Great Lakes region 

 and Xew England, 96; future 

 problems, 100 



Varves, abnormal, 69; abnormally 

 thick, 69; bottom, 101; connections, 

 64; definition, xi, 3; drainage varves, 

 69; exposure of varve clay (ill.). 

 opp. 4; measuring, 4, opp. 5 (ill.); 

 Xew England, character, 65; relia- 

 bility of those measured, discussion 

 by groups, 49; thickness, meaning 

 of, 72; value for study, 64 



Walker Brook, 28 



Warren, Lake, 97, 99 



Wayne, Lake, 98, 99 



Weirs, X. H., 81 



Wells River, Vt., De Geer's locality, 32; 



localities studied near, 31 

 Westboro, X T . H., localities studied 



near, 29 

 Westfield, Mass., brickyard clay pits, 



IS- 16 

 Westminster station, Vt., slide and 



bluff near, 21 

 White Mountains, 95, 103; ice-ponded 



lakes, 71, 72 

 White River, 58, 68, 83 

 White River Junction, Vt., ravine, 29 

 Whittlesey, Lake, 97, 99 

 Willimansett, Mass., 14 

 Wilson, Conn., 12 

 Windsor, Vt., bluff near, 28 

 Winnepesaukee, Lake, 95. 100; oscilla- 

 tions of the ice border in the 



region, 81 

 Wolfeboro, X. H., 81 

 Woodsville, X. H., 10, 84; De Geer's 



locality, 32; localities studied near. 



30, 31, 32, 33, 34; reliability of 



varves, 59, 60 

 Woodworth, J. B.. 9. 104 



