Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society, Vol. 3: Session the Sixteenth to Nineteen, 1874-78Glacial drift is the name given to most of those loose, incoherent materials which cover large areas in this and other countries. The Glacial Drifts are, (like the rock formations, ) found to represent several long successive intervals of time and conditions of climate during their deposition. Their faunes at one time indicate a severe arctic climate. That was followed by a temperate, if not a tropical climate, later still, the land was submerged beneath the sea, again it rose, under a mild climate, was clothed with vegetation, inhabited by animals, man probably being amongst the number. The mild climate was succeeded by another arctic climate, which, in its turn, gave place to the existing order of things. But I intend to deal moderately on this occasion with speculation, and present to you instead, as far as the very brief time at my disposal will permit, some of the evidence upon which the inferences I have just stated are founded.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.