Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... Coal Period . - Mr . W. T. Blanford on Glaciation in India during Carboniferous Period . - Carboniferous Formations of Arctic Regions . -Professor Ramsay on Permian Glaciers . - Permian Conglomerate in Arran . - Professor Hull on ...
... Coal Period . - Mr . W. T. Blanford on Glaciation in India during Carboniferous Period . - Carboniferous Formations of Arctic Regions . -Professor Ramsay on Permian Glaciers . - Permian Conglomerate in Arran . - Professor Hull on ...
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... COAL AN INTER - GLACIAL FORMATION . Climate of Coal Period Inter - glacial in Character . - Coal Plants indicate an Equable , not a Tropical Climato . - Conditions necessary for Preser- vation of Coal Plants . - Oscillations of Sea ...
... COAL AN INTER - GLACIAL FORMATION . Climate of Coal Period Inter - glacial in Character . - Coal Plants indicate an Equable , not a Tropical Climato . - Conditions necessary for Preser- vation of Coal Plants . - Oscillations of Sea ...
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... coal is an inter - glacial formation . The next two chapters -- the one on the path of the ice in north - western Europe , the other on the north of England ice - sheet - are reprints of papers which appeared a few years ago in the ...
... coal is an inter - glacial formation . The next two chapters -- the one on the path of the ice in north - western Europe , the other on the north of England ice - sheet - are reprints of papers which appeared a few years ago in the ...
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... on the Lake of Zurich , and near Mörschwyl , on the Lake of Constance , there are beds of coal or Edin . New Phil . Journ . , New Series , vol . ii . , p . 28 . lignite , nearly 12 feet thick , lying directly on 240 CLIMATE AND TIME .
... on the Lake of Zurich , and near Mörschwyl , on the Lake of Constance , there are beds of coal or Edin . New Phil . Journ . , New Series , vol . ii . , p . 28 . lignite , nearly 12 feet thick , lying directly on 240 CLIMATE AND TIME .
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... coal . Professor Heer thinks that this coal - bed , when in the condition of peat , must have been 60 feet thick ; and as- suming that one foot of peat would be formed in a century , he concludes that 6,000 years must have been required ...
... coal . Professor Heer thinks that this coal - bed , when in the condition of peat , must have been 60 feet thick ; and as- suming that one foot of peat would be formed in a century , he concludes that 6,000 years must have been required ...
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