Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... denuded . Alfred Tylor on the Sediment of the Mississippi . - The Law which determines the Rate of Denudation . - The Globe becoming less oblate . - Carrying Power of our River Systems the true Measure of Denudation . - Marine Denudation ...
... denuded . Alfred Tylor on the Sediment of the Mississippi . - The Law which determines the Rate of Denudation . - The Globe becoming less oblate . - Carrying Power of our River Systems the true Measure of Denudation . - Marine Denudation ...
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... denudation . How , then , were the two to be recon- ciled ? Was it the physicist who had under - estimated geolo- gical time , or the geologist who had over - estimated it ? Few familiar with modern physics , and who have given special ...
... denudation . How , then , were the two to be recon- ciled ? Was it the physicist who had under - estimated geolo- gical time , or the geologist who had over - estimated it ? Few familiar with modern physics , and who have given special ...
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... denudation enables us also to arrive at a rough estimate of the actual mean thickness of the stratified rocks of the globe . It will be seen from Chapter XXII . that the mean thickness is far less than is generally supposed . The ...
... denudation enables us also to arrive at a rough estimate of the actual mean thickness of the stratified rocks of the globe . It will be seen from Chapter XXII . that the mean thickness is far less than is generally supposed . The ...
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... denuded surface of the lower bed . In this lower bed , which evidently had been a land surface , numbers of tree roots were found . I had the pleasure of examining them along with my friend Mr. C. W. Peach , who first directed my ...
... denuded surface of the lower bed . In this lower bed , which evidently had been a land surface , numbers of tree roots were found . I had the pleasure of examining them along with my friend Mr. C. W. Peach , who first directed my ...
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... denuded by the ice sheet with which it was covered during the period of maximum glaciation that little can be learned in this part of the island regarding the early history of the glacial epoch . But in England , and more especially in ...
... denuded by the ice sheet with which it was covered during the period of maximum glaciation that little can be learned in this part of the island regarding the early history of the glacial epoch . But in England , and more especially in ...
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amount of heat antarctic aphelion arctic regions Atlantic beds bottom boulder clay Caithness Carboniferous cause consequently considerable density denudation deposits depth descend difference of specific difference of temperature earth's orbit eccentricity ecliptic effect Eocene equal equator equatorial column equatorial regions evidence extent fact feet flow foot-pounds force Geol geological geologists glacial epoch glacier globe Grangemouth greater Greenland Gulf-stream heat received ice-cap icebergs inter-tropical John Herschel land land-ice latitude lower mass mean temperature melting miles Miocene molecules motion North North Sea northern obliquity ocean-currents oceanic circulation perihelion polar column polar regions poles present probably produce Professor quantity of heat radiation regard result river rocks sand Scotland sea-bottom sea-level shear slope snow and ice southern hemisphere specific gravity Straits of Florida stratified stream striated submergence summer sun's supposed surface theory thickness tion tropical warm periods warm water winds winter