Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... greater part of the temperate region down to com- paratively low latitudes was buried under ice , while at other periods Greenland and the Arctic regions , probably up to the North Pole , were not only free from ice , but were covered ...
... greater part of the temperate region down to com- paratively low latitudes was buried under ice , while at other periods Greenland and the Arctic regions , probably up to the North Pole , were not only free from ice , but were covered ...
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... greater proximity of the sun exactly compensates for the more rapid description , and thus an equilibrium of heat is maintained . The sun , for example , is much nearer the earth when he is over the southern INTRODUCTION . 23.
... greater proximity of the sun exactly compensates for the more rapid description , and thus an equilibrium of heat is maintained . The sun , for example , is much nearer the earth when he is over the southern INTRODUCTION . 23.
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... greater velocity of the earth when nearest the sun , the sun does not remain so long on the southern hemisphere as he does on the northern . These two effects so exactly counterbalance each other that , whatever be the extent of the ...
... greater velocity of the earth when nearest the sun , the sun does not remain so long on the southern hemisphere as he does on the northern . These two effects so exactly counterbalance each other that , whatever be the extent of the ...
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... greater the eccentricity , the greater is the total amount of heat received by the earth . On this account it was concluded that an increase of eccentricity would tend to a certain extent to produce a warmer climate . All those ...
... greater the eccentricity , the greater is the total amount of heat received by the earth . On this account it was concluded that an increase of eccentricity would tend to a certain extent to produce a warmer climate . All those ...
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... greater than between the equator and the South Pole ; according , therefore , to theory , the trades of the northern hemisphere will be stronger than those of the southern , and will consequently blow across the equator to some distance ...
... greater than between the equator and the South Pole ; according , therefore , to theory , the trades of the northern hemisphere will be stronger than those of the southern , and will consequently blow across the equator to some distance ...
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