Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II OCEAN-CURRENTS IN RELATION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT OVER THE GLOBE
- CHAPTER III OCEAN-CURRENTS IN RELATION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT OVER THE GLOBE.—(Continued.)
- CHAPTER IV OUTLINE OF THE PHYSICAL AGENCIES WHICH LEAD TO SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE
- CHAPTER V REASON WHY THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE IS COLDER THAN THE NORTHERN
- CHAPTER VI EXAMINATION OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION.—LIEUT. MAURY'S THEORY
- CHAPTER VII EXAMINATION OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION.—LIEUT. MAURY'S THEORY—(Continued.)
- CHAPTER VIII EXAMINATION OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION.—DR. CARPENTER'S THEORY
- CHAPTER IX EXAMINATION OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION.—THE MECHANICS OF DR. CARPENTER'S THEORY
- CHAPTER X EXAMINATION OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION.—DR. CARPENTER'S THEORY.—OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED
- CHAPTER XI THE INADEQUACY OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY PROVED BY ANOTHER METHOD
- CHAPTER XII MR. A. G. FINDLAY'S OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED
- CHAPTER XIII THE WIND THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION
- CHAPTER XIV THE WIND THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION IN RELATION TO CHANGE OF CLIMATE
- CHAPTER XV WARM INTER-GLACIAL PERIODS
- CHAPTER XVI WARM INTER-GLACIAL PERIODS IN ARCTIC REGIONS
- CHAPTER XVII FORMER GLACIAL EPOCHS.—REASON OF THE IMPERFECTION OF GEOLOGICAL RECORDS IN REFERENCE TO THEM
- CHAPTER XVIII FORMER GLACIAL EPOCHS; GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF
- CHAPTER XIX GEOLOGICAL TIME.—PROBABLE DATE OF THE GLACIAL EPOCH
- CHAPTER XX GEOLOGICAL TIME.—METHOD OF MEASURING THE RATE OF SUBAËRIAL DENUDATION
- CHAPTER XXI THE PROBABLE AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE SUN
- CHAPTER XXII A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE MEAN THICKNESS OF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE GLOBE
- CHAPTER XXIII THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE SUBMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF THE LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH
- CHAPTER XXIV THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE SUBMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF THE LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH.—(Continued.)
- CHAPTER XXV THE INFLUENCE OF THE OBLIQUITY OF THE ECLIPTIC ON CLIMATE AND ON THE LEVEL OF THE SEA
- CHAPTER XXVI COAL AN INTER-GLACIAL FORMATION
- CHAPTER XXVII PATH OF THE ICE-SHEET IN NORTH-WESTERN EUROPE AND ITS RELATIONS TO THE BOULDER CLAY OF CAITHNESS
- CHAPTER XXVIII NORTH OF ENGLAND ICE-SHEET, AND TRANSPORT OF WASTDALE CRAG BLOCKS
- CHAPTER XXIX EVIDENCE FROM BURIED RIVER CHANNELS OF A CONTINENTAL PERIOD IN BRITAIN
- CHAPTER XXX THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE MOTION OF GLACIERS.—THEORIES OF GLACIER-MOTION
- CHAPTER XXXI THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE MOTION OF GLACIERS.—THE MOLECULAR THEORY
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
CHAPTER XXIV - THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE SUBMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF THE LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH.—(Continued.)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER II OCEAN-CURRENTS IN RELATION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT OVER THE GLOBE
- CHAPTER III OCEAN-CURRENTS IN RELATION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT OVER THE GLOBE.—(Continued.)
- CHAPTER IV OUTLINE OF THE PHYSICAL AGENCIES WHICH LEAD TO SECULAR CHANGES OF CLIMATE
- CHAPTER V REASON WHY THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE IS COLDER THAN THE NORTHERN
- CHAPTER VI EXAMINATION OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION.—LIEUT. MAURY'S THEORY
- CHAPTER VII EXAMINATION OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION.—LIEUT. MAURY'S THEORY—(Continued.)
- CHAPTER VIII EXAMINATION OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION.—DR. CARPENTER'S THEORY
- CHAPTER IX EXAMINATION OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION.—THE MECHANICS OF DR. CARPENTER'S THEORY
- CHAPTER X EXAMINATION OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION.—DR. CARPENTER'S THEORY.—OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED
- CHAPTER XI THE INADEQUACY OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY PROVED BY ANOTHER METHOD
- CHAPTER XII MR. A. G. FINDLAY'S OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED
- CHAPTER XIII THE WIND THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION
- CHAPTER XIV THE WIND THEORY OF OCEANIC CIRCULATION IN RELATION TO CHANGE OF CLIMATE
- CHAPTER XV WARM INTER-GLACIAL PERIODS
- CHAPTER XVI WARM INTER-GLACIAL PERIODS IN ARCTIC REGIONS
- CHAPTER XVII FORMER GLACIAL EPOCHS.—REASON OF THE IMPERFECTION OF GEOLOGICAL RECORDS IN REFERENCE TO THEM
- CHAPTER XVIII FORMER GLACIAL EPOCHS; GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF
- CHAPTER XIX GEOLOGICAL TIME.—PROBABLE DATE OF THE GLACIAL EPOCH
- CHAPTER XX GEOLOGICAL TIME.—METHOD OF MEASURING THE RATE OF SUBAËRIAL DENUDATION
- CHAPTER XXI THE PROBABLE AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE SUN
- CHAPTER XXII A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE MEAN THICKNESS OF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE GLOBE
- CHAPTER XXIII THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE SUBMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF THE LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH
- CHAPTER XXIV THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE SUBMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF THE LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH.—(Continued.)
- CHAPTER XXV THE INFLUENCE OF THE OBLIQUITY OF THE ECLIPTIC ON CLIMATE AND ON THE LEVEL OF THE SEA
- CHAPTER XXVI COAL AN INTER-GLACIAL FORMATION
- CHAPTER XXVII PATH OF THE ICE-SHEET IN NORTH-WESTERN EUROPE AND ITS RELATIONS TO THE BOULDER CLAY OF CAITHNESS
- CHAPTER XXVIII NORTH OF ENGLAND ICE-SHEET, AND TRANSPORT OF WASTDALE CRAG BLOCKS
- CHAPTER XXIX EVIDENCE FROM BURIED RIVER CHANNELS OF A CONTINENTAL PERIOD IN BRITAIN
- CHAPTER XXX THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE MOTION OF GLACIERS.—THEORIES OF GLACIER-MOTION
- CHAPTER XXXI THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE MOTION OF GLACIERS.—THE MOLECULAR THEORY
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
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- Climate and Time in their Geological RelationsA Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate, pp. 387 - 397Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1875