Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... Ice from Arctic Regions . - Ocean - currents ; Influence on Arctic Climate - Reason why Remains of Inter - glacial Period are rare in Arctic Regions . - Remains of Ancient Forests in Banks's Land , Prince Patrick's Island , & c ...
... Ice from Arctic Regions . - Ocean - currents ; Influence on Arctic Climate - Reason why Remains of Inter - glacial Period are rare in Arctic Regions . - Remains of Ancient Forests in Banks's Land , Prince Patrick's Island , & c ...
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... LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH . Displacement of the Earth's Centre of Gravity by Polar Ice - cap . - Simple Method of estimating Amount of Displacement . - Note by Sir W. Thomson on foregoing Method . - Difference between Continental Ice ...
... LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH . Displacement of the Earth's Centre of Gravity by Polar Ice - cap . - Simple Method of estimating Amount of Displacement . - Note by Sir W. Thomson on foregoing Method . - Difference between Continental Ice ...
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... Land Flat during Coal Period . - Leading Idea of the Theory .-- Carboniferous Limestones 420 CHAPTER XXVII . PATH OF THE ICE ... Ice - sheet . - Pentlands striated on their Summits . - Scandinavian Ice - sheet .-- North Sea filled with Land ...
... Land Flat during Coal Period . - Leading Idea of the Theory .-- Carboniferous Limestones 420 CHAPTER XXVII . PATH OF THE ICE ... Ice - sheet . - Pentlands striated on their Summits . - Scandinavian Ice - sheet .-- North Sea filled with Land ...
Página xv
... Land - ice . - Mr . Jack's Suggestion . - Shedding of Ice North and South - South of England Ice - sheet . - Glaciation of West Somer- set . - Why Ice - markings are so rare in South of England . - Form of Contortion produced by Land - ice ...
... Land - ice . - Mr . Jack's Suggestion . - Shedding of Ice North and South - South of England Ice - sheet . - Glaciation of West Somer- set . - Why Ice - markings are so rare in South of England . - Form of Contortion produced by Land - ice ...
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... ice sheet , and its summers would be colder than those of England . Second . Another cause of the cooling effect is ... Land , which is in the same parallel of latitude as the north of Scotland , is covered with ice and snow the entire ...
... ice sheet , and its summers would be colder than those of England . Second . Another cause of the cooling effect is ... Land , which is in the same parallel of latitude as the north of Scotland , is covered with ice and snow the entire ...
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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