Early development of the glacial theory: Louis Agassiz and the Scottish connection |
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| Authors: | JOHN E GORDON |
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| Institution: | John E. Gordon is in the Earth Science Branch at the Research and Advisory Services Directorate of Scottish Natural Heritage in Edinburgh. He is co–editor of the Geological Conservation Review volume on the Quaternary of Scotland, published in 1993 by Chapman &Hall. |
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| Abstract: | Britain's landscape reflects the imprint of glaciation and the dramatic fluctuations in climate that have characterized the Quaternary. There was an important Scottish connection in the early development of the glacial theory during the nineteenth century, in particular through the work of Louis Agassiz. |
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