. The Andes of southern Peru; geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian. Yale Peruvian Expedition (1911); Physical geography; Geology. Fig. 193. 1. Fig. 194. Fig. 193—Panta Mountain and its glacier system. The talus-covered mass in the center (B) is a terminal moraine topped by the dirt-stained glacier that descends from the crest. The separate glaciers were formerly united to form a huge ice tongue that truncated the lateral spurs and flattened the valley floor. One of its former stages is shown by the terminal moraine in the middle distance, breached by a stream, and impou
. The Andes of southern Peru; geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian. Yale Peruvian Expedition (1911); Physical geography; Geology. Fig. 193. 1. Fig. 194. Fig. 193—Panta Mountain and its glacier system. The talus-covered mass in the center (B) is a terminal moraine topped by the dirt-stained glacier that descends from the crest. The separate glaciers were formerly united to form a huge ice tongue that truncated the lateral spurs and flattened the valley floor. One of its former stages is shown by the terminal moraine in the middle distance, breached by a stream, and impounding a lake not visible from this point of view. Fig. 194—Recessed southern slopes of volcanoes whose northern slopes are prac- tically without glacial modifications. Summit of the lava plateau, Maritime Cordillera, "western Peru, between Antabamba and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950; American Geographical Society of New York. New York, Published for the Americsn Geographical Society of New York by H. Holt
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