The Climatic Changes of Later Geological Times

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Excerpt from The Climatic Changes of Later Geological Times: A Discussion Based on Observations Made in the Cordilleras of North AmericaThe Continental Masses have, with the Lapse of Geological time, been growing larger, 205. Reference to the Maps of Delesse, 206. Manner in which Detri tal Materials accumulate, 207. How the Continents have been built up, 207, 208. A Gain of Land the Necessary Result, 208. Permanence of the Ocean inferred from its great depth, 209. Stability Of the Continents a necessary couse quenco, 207. Mean Elevation of the Land Masses of the Globe, 209. Persist ence of Areas of Elevation and Depression first enunciated by Dana, 200. Geo logical Growth Of North America, 211 of Asia, 211. Foster and W'hitney, quoted, 211. - Evidence of the Stability of the Oceanic Areas derived from the Character of the Sea Bottom, 214-216. Investigations of Agassiz, 214. Views of A. Geikie and W. B. Carpenter, 215. Summary of the Evidence, 216. - Inquiry whether the Increase of the Continental Masses is Sumcient Cause for the Desiccation proved to have taken place, 216 - 219. Probable Effects on precipitation of Changes, in the form of the Land Masses, 217. Higher temperature suggested as a cause of former Greater Precipitation, 218.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.