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Account of a Survey of the Mer de Glace and its Environs

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Glaciers and Glacial Erosion

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It was the especial object of my journey in 1842 to observe accurately the rate of motion of some extensive glacier at different points of its length and breadth.

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Clifford Embleton

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© 1972 Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Forbes, J.D. (1972). Account of a Survey of the Mer de Glace and its Environs. In: Embleton, C. (eds) Glaciers and Glacial Erosion. The Geographical Readings series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15480-7_2

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