Studies in the Sierra, No. IV. - Glacial Denudation.

Authors

John Muir

Files

Kimes Entry Number

029

Original Date

8-1-1874

William and Maymie Kimes Annotation

"Glacial denudation is one of the noblest and simplest manifestations of sunpower." To illustrate, Muir cites the perpetual cycle of water movement from ocean to snow to ice and finally to water flowing back to the ocean. To decipher the geology of the mountains, he writes: "We may read the letter-pages of friends when written over and over, if we are intimately acquainted with the handwriting, and under the same conditions we may read the written compositions of nature upon the stone pages of the mountains." Illustrated with pen sketches.

Publication

The Overland Monthly, v. 13, no. 2

Page/Column

pp. 174-184

See also Kimes Entry Number

See also: no. 349; no. 400, pp. 48-61; no. 406, pp. 48-61

Recommended Citation

Muir, John, "Studies in the Sierra, No. IV. - Glacial Denudation." (1874). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986). 83.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/83