Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... OF THE EARTH'S CLIMATE . BY JAMES CROLL , OF HER MAJESTY'S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND . NEW YORK : D. APPLETON AND COMPANY , 1 , 3 , AND 5 BOND STREET . 1890 . Geol . QE 698 .092 18000 PREFACE TO THE FIRST CLIMATE AND TIME.
... OF THE EARTH'S CLIMATE . BY JAMES CROLL , OF HER MAJESTY'S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND . NEW YORK : D. APPLETON AND COMPANY , 1 , 3 , AND 5 BOND STREET . 1890 . Geol . QE 698 .092 18000 PREFACE TO THE FIRST CLIMATE AND TIME.
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... index at the end of the volume , as well as for many of the facts relating to the glacial deposits of the West of Scotland . EDINBURGH , March , 1875 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . The Fundamental Problem of vi PREFACE .
... index at the end of the volume , as well as for many of the facts relating to the glacial deposits of the West of Scotland . EDINBURGH , March , 1875 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . The Fundamental Problem of vi PREFACE .
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... Scotland . - Ice - action in Ayrshire and Wigtownshire during Silurian Period . - Silurian Limestones in Arctic Regions . - Professor Ramsay on Ice - action during Old Red Sandstone Period . - Warm Climate in Arctic Regions during Old ...
... Scotland . - Ice - action in Ayrshire and Wigtownshire during Silurian Period . - Silurian Limestones in Arctic Regions . - Professor Ramsay on Ice - action during Old Red Sandstone Period . - Warm Climate in Arctic Regions during Old ...
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... THE ICE IN NORTH- WESTERN EUROPE 449 VI . SHOWING PATH OF ICE ACROSS CAITHNESS 453 VII . MAP OF THE MIDLAND VALLEY ( SCOTLAND ) , SHOWING BURIED RIVER CHANNELS • 471 · CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . The Fundamental Problem of Geology .
... THE ICE IN NORTH- WESTERN EUROPE 449 VI . SHOWING PATH OF ICE ACROSS CAITHNESS 453 VII . MAP OF THE MIDLAND VALLEY ( SCOTLAND ) , SHOWING BURIED RIVER CHANNELS • 471 · CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . The Fundamental Problem of Geology .
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... Scotland , but not on the steppes of Siberia . Again , if we compare flat countries with mountainous , high- lands with lowlands , or islands with continents , we shall find that difference of climatic conditions is the chief reason why ...
... Scotland , but not on the steppes of Siberia . Again , if we compare flat countries with mountainous , high- lands with lowlands , or islands with continents , we shall find that difference of climatic conditions is the chief reason why ...
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