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Author : Clarke, G.K.C. 
Date : 1987
Title : A short history of scientific investigations on glaciers.
Publication : Journal of glaciology, Special Issue
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Page(s) : 4-24



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Abstract

Scientific investigations on valley glaciers engaged some of the greatest natural philosophers of the nineteenth century. Among these, Louis Agassiz has unique importance for he personifies the transition from the proto-scientific period of de Saussure and Scheuchzer to the scientific one of Forbes and his successors. In this brief history I have attempted to connect the achievements of the past 50 years with the aspirations of our predecessors. (Author)  |  History and review of achievements of past 50 years, relating them to studies of earlier glaciologists

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Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology