ABSTRACT

CHRONOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE CLOSE OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD AND THE EARLIEST GEOLOGICAL SIGNS OF THE APPEARANCE OF MAN—EFFECTS OF GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS IN POLISHING AND SCORING ROCKS—SCANDINAVIA ONCE ENCRUSTED WITH ICE LIKE GREENLAND—OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF CONTINENTAL ICE IN GREENLAND—MILD CLIMATE OF GREENLAND IN THE MIOCENE PERIOD—ERRATICS OF RECENT PERIOD IN SWEDEN—GLACLAL STATE OF SWEDEN IN THE POST-PLIOCENE PERIOD—SCOTLAND FORMERLY ENCRUSTED WITH ICE—ITS SUBSEQUENT SUBMERGENCE AND RE-ELEVATION—LATEST CHANGES PRODUCED BY GLACIERS IN SCOTLAND—REMAINS OF THE MAMMOTH AND REINDEER IN SCOTCH BOULDER CLAY—PARALLEL ROADS OF GLEN ROY FORMED IN GLACIER LAKES—COMPARATIVELY MODERN DATE OF THESE SHELVES.