Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's ClimateAppleton, 1890 - 577 páginas |
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... regard to a subject comparatively new and , in many respects , complex , and beset with formidable difficulties . I have studiously avoided introducing anything of a hypo- thetical character . All the conclusions are based either on ...
... regard to a subject comparatively new and , in many respects , complex , and beset with formidable difficulties . I have studiously avoided introducing anything of a hypo- thetical character . All the conclusions are based either on ...
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... regard to Radiation . - Professor J. D. Forbes on Underground Temperature . - Generally accepted Explanation . - Low Temperature of Southern Hemisphere attributed to Preponderance of Sea - Heat transferred from Southern to Northern ...
... regard to Radiation . - Professor J. D. Forbes on Underground Temperature . - Generally accepted Explanation . - Low Temperature of Southern Hemisphere attributed to Preponderance of Sea - Heat transferred from Southern to Northern ...
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... regards the great physical changes which are taking place on the surface of our globe , or as regards the growth and distribution of plant and animal life , the ordinary climatic agents are the real agents at work , and that , compared ...
... regards the great physical changes which are taking place on the surface of our globe , or as regards the growth and distribution of plant and animal life , the ordinary climatic agents are the real agents at work , and that , compared ...
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... regard to inter - glacial periods are wholly irreconcilable with this theory . A change in the obliquity of the ecliptic has frequently been , and still is , appealed to as an explanation of geological climate . This theory appears ...
... regard to inter - glacial periods are wholly irreconcilable with this theory . A change in the obliquity of the ecliptic has frequently been , and still is , appealed to as an explanation of geological climate . This theory appears ...
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... to be the most difficult and perplexing part of the whole inquiry . The difficulties mainly arise from the great diversity of opinion and confusion of ideas prevailing in regard to the mechanics of the subject . There INTRODUCTION . 15.
... to be the most difficult and perplexing part of the whole inquiry . The difficulties mainly arise from the great diversity of opinion and confusion of ideas prevailing in regard to the mechanics of the subject . There INTRODUCTION . 15.
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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