Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 91
Página viii
... produced . - The Effect of Snow on the Summer Temperature . - Reason of the Low Summer Temperature of Polar Regions ... produce a Glacial Epoch . - Objection from the present Condition of the Planet Mars PAGI · 54 CHAPTER V. REASON WHY ...
... produced . - The Effect of Snow on the Summer Temperature . - Reason of the Low Summer Temperature of Polar Regions ... produce a Glacial Epoch . - Objection from the present Condition of the Planet Mars PAGI · 54 CHAPTER V. REASON WHY ...
Página 3
... produced is of the utmost importance . In fact , it is only by this means that we can hope to arrive at their ... produced . If we have before us some complex and intricate effects which have been 1 produced by heat , or by light , or ...
... produced is of the utmost importance . In fact , it is only by this means that we can hope to arrive at their ... produced . If we have before us some complex and intricate effects which have been 1 produced by heat , or by light , or ...
Página 4
A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate James Croll. 1 produced by heat , or by light , or by electricity , & c . , in order to understand them we must make ourselves acquainted with the agents by which they were produced and ...
A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate James Croll. 1 produced by heat , or by light , or by electricity , & c . , in order to understand them we must make ourselves acquainted with the agents by which they were produced and ...
Página 5
... produced them than can effects which are in the act of occurring . It is , moreover , not strictly true that all the ... produce their effects . Any other so- called principle can be nothing more than an empirical rule , adopted for ...
... produced them than can effects which are in the act of occurring . It is , moreover , not strictly true that all the ... produce their effects . Any other so- called principle can be nothing more than an empirical rule , adopted for ...
Página 8
... produce a glacial epoch ; and ( 2 ) , even if it could , it would not explain interglacial periods . The only other theory on the subject worthy of notice is that * See Mr. Hopkin's remarks on this theory , Quast . Journ . Geol . Soc ...
... produce a glacial epoch ; and ( 2 ) , even if it could , it would not explain interglacial periods . The only other theory on the subject worthy of notice is that * See Mr. Hopkin's remarks on this theory , Quast . Journ . Geol . Soc ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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