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Side 24
... volcanic action , there is also a higher and more remarkable interior or central temperature . Re- specting the superficial temperature , which constitutes the great theme of climatology , to be noticed hereafter ( Chap . XII . ) , it ...
... volcanic action , there is also a higher and more remarkable interior or central temperature . Re- specting the superficial temperature , which constitutes the great theme of climatology , to be noticed hereafter ( Chap . XII . ) , it ...
Side 25
... and active as it undoubtedly is in the production of volcanic phenomena , the surface temperature of the globe is scarcely , if at all , affected by it ( according to Fourier , only th of a DENSITY , TEMPERATURE , ATMOSPHERE . 25.
... and active as it undoubtedly is in the production of volcanic phenomena , the surface temperature of the globe is scarcely , if at all , affected by it ( according to Fourier , only th of a DENSITY , TEMPERATURE , ATMOSPHERE . 25.
Side 35
... volcanic forces are perpetually exerting themselves from below , and once more up- heaving the crust into dry land and diversity of surface . What the frosts and rains and rivers are wearing and carrying from the higher lands is ...
... volcanic forces are perpetually exerting themselves from below , and once more up- heaving the crust into dry land and diversity of surface . What the frosts and rains and rivers are wearing and carrying from the higher lands is ...
Side 38
... VOLCANIC , associated chiefly with Tertiary and Upper Se- condary strata . 2. TRAPPEAN , associated chiefly with Secondary and Upper Primary strata . 3. GRANITIC , associated chiefly with Primary and Metamor- phic strata . 38 STRUCTURE ...
... VOLCANIC , associated chiefly with Tertiary and Upper Se- condary strata . 2. TRAPPEAN , associated chiefly with Secondary and Upper Primary strata . 3. GRANITIC , associated chiefly with Primary and Metamor- phic strata . 38 STRUCTURE ...
Side 39
... volcanic districts they are associated with recent lavas , scoriæ , and similar products ; and , generally speaking , they occupy low- lying tracts , and constitute the sur- faces of valleys , plains , and other alluvial expanses ...
... volcanic districts they are associated with recent lavas , scoriæ , and similar products ; and , generally speaking , they occupy low- lying tracts , and constitute the sur- faces of valleys , plains , and other alluvial expanses ...
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