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1. On the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2014
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After describing the general appearance of these terraces, the author referred to the discussions which had taken place as to their formation. More than fifty years ago it was conclusively proved by Dr Macculloch and Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, that these parallel roads are the margins of ancient lakes, and since then the question has been whether these were freshwater or sea lochs. Mr Darwin, Dr Eobert Chambers, Professor Nichol, and others, have contended that they were marine; while Agassiz, Dr Milne Home, Mr Jamieson, and others, have maintained that they were freshwater.
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- Proceedings 1873-74
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page 339 note * Geol. Trans, ser. 1, vol. iv.
page 339 note † Edin. Roy. Soc. Trans., vol. ix.
page 340 note * It may be a question whether this bed d really belongs to the time of the lowest shelf, or whether it is not some anterior formation—the sloping bottom of the lake, perhaps, at some earlier time.