Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... OCEAN - CURRENTS IN RELATION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT OVER THE GLOBE . The absolute Heating - power of Ocean - currents . - Volume of the Gulf- stream . - Absolute Amount of Heat conveyed by it . - Greater Portion of Moisture in ...
... OCEAN - CURRENTS IN RELATION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT OVER THE GLOBE . The absolute Heating - power of Ocean - currents . - Volume of the Gulf- stream . - Absolute Amount of Heat conveyed by it . - Greater Portion of Moisture in ...
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... Ocean - currents the chief Cause of Secular Changes of Climate . - How the foregoing Causes deflect Ocean - currents .-- Nearness of the Sun in Perigee a Cause of the Accumulation of Ice . - A remarkable Circumstance re- garding the ...
... Ocean - currents the chief Cause of Secular Changes of Climate . - How the foregoing Causes deflect Ocean - currents .-- Nearness of the Sun in Perigee a Cause of the Accumulation of Ice . - A remarkable Circumstance re- garding the ...
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... Ocean - currents . - More rigid Method of Investigation necessary CHAPTER XIII . • 203 THE WIND THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION . Ocean - Currents not due alone to the Trade - winds . - An Objection by Maury . - Trade - winds do not ...
... Ocean - currents . - More rigid Method of Investigation necessary CHAPTER XIII . • 203 THE WIND THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION . Ocean - Currents not due alone to the Trade - winds . - An Objection by Maury . - Trade - winds do not ...
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... Ocean - currents ; Influence on Arctic Climate - Reason why Remains of Inter - glacial Period are rare in Arctic ... Sea- bottoms . - Transformation of a Land - surface into a Sea - bottom oblite- rates all Traces of Glaciation . - Why ...
... Ocean - currents ; Influence on Arctic Climate - Reason why Remains of Inter - glacial Period are rare in Arctic ... Sea- bottoms . - Transformation of a Land - surface into a Sea - bottom oblite- rates all Traces of Glaciation . - Why ...
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... OCEAN- CURRENTS AND WINDS To face page 212 II . SHOWING HOW OPPOSING CURRENTS INTERSECT EACH OTHER 219 III . SECTION OF MID - ATLANTIC 222 IV . DIAGRAM REPRESENTING THE VARIATIONS OF ECCEN- TRICITY OF THE EARTH'S ORBIT 313 V. SHOWING ...
... OCEAN- CURRENTS AND WINDS To face page 212 II . SHOWING HOW OPPOSING CURRENTS INTERSECT EACH OTHER 219 III . SECTION OF MID - ATLANTIC 222 IV . DIAGRAM REPRESENTING THE VARIATIONS OF ECCEN- TRICITY OF THE EARTH'S ORBIT 313 V. SHOWING ...
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