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7. ON THE CAUSES OF THE ICE AGES

  • Donald H. Menzel
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Climatic Change
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS xi
  3. 1. ON CLIMATE AND LIFE 1
  4. 2. CLIMATE AND RACE 13
  5. 3. CLIMATE AND CIVILIZATION 35
  6. 4. ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC CIRCULATION AS FACTORS IN GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CHANGES OF CLIMATE 51
  7. 5. RADIATION BALANCE OF THE EARTH AS A FACTOR IN CLIMATIC CHANGE 73
  8. 6. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF GEOGRAPHICAL CAUSES OF CLIMATIC CHANGE 107
  9. 7. ON THE CAUSES OF THE ICE AGES 117
  10. 8. SOLAR VARIATION AS AN EXPLANATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE 123
  11. 9. INTERNAL CONSTITUTION OF THE SUN AND CLIMATIC CHANGES 137
  12. 10. INTERSTELLAR MATTER AND THE SOLAR CONSTANT 143
  13. 11. THE ASTRONOMICAL THEORY OF CLIMATE CHANGES 147
  14. 12. THE POLAR MOTION AND CHANGES IN THE EARTH'S ORBIT 159
  15. 13. EVIDENCE FROM GLACIAL GEOLOGY AS TO CLIMATIC VARIATIONS 165
  16. 14. GEOLOGIC EVIDENCE OF LATE PLEISTOCENE CLIMATES 179
  17. 15. PEDOGENIC CRITERIA OF CLIMATIC CHANGES 189
  18. 16. CLIMATIC CHANGES AND RADIOISOTOPE DATING 201
  19. 17. TREE-RING EVIDENCE FOR CLIMATIC CHANGES 209
  20. 18. CLIMATIC CHANGES AS INTERPRETED FROM METEOROLOGICAL DATA 221
  21. 19. CLIMATIC CHANGES OR CYCLES? 231
  22. 20. EVIDENCE OF CLIMATIC CHANGE IN THE GEOLOGIC RECORD OF PLANT LIFE 237
  23. 21. THE RECORD OF CLIMATIC CHANGES AS REVEALED BY VERTEBRATE PALEOECOLOGY 251
  24. 22. PALEOLIMNOLOGY AND CLIMATE 275
  25. PREFACE v
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674367166.c7

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS xi
  3. 1. ON CLIMATE AND LIFE 1
  4. 2. CLIMATE AND RACE 13
  5. 3. CLIMATE AND CIVILIZATION 35
  6. 4. ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC CIRCULATION AS FACTORS IN GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CHANGES OF CLIMATE 51
  7. 5. RADIATION BALANCE OF THE EARTH AS A FACTOR IN CLIMATIC CHANGE 73
  8. 6. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF GEOGRAPHICAL CAUSES OF CLIMATIC CHANGE 107
  9. 7. ON THE CAUSES OF THE ICE AGES 117
  10. 8. SOLAR VARIATION AS AN EXPLANATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE 123
  11. 9. INTERNAL CONSTITUTION OF THE SUN AND CLIMATIC CHANGES 137
  12. 10. INTERSTELLAR MATTER AND THE SOLAR CONSTANT 143
  13. 11. THE ASTRONOMICAL THEORY OF CLIMATE CHANGES 147
  14. 12. THE POLAR MOTION AND CHANGES IN THE EARTH'S ORBIT 159
  15. 13. EVIDENCE FROM GLACIAL GEOLOGY AS TO CLIMATIC VARIATIONS 165
  16. 14. GEOLOGIC EVIDENCE OF LATE PLEISTOCENE CLIMATES 179
  17. 15. PEDOGENIC CRITERIA OF CLIMATIC CHANGES 189
  18. 16. CLIMATIC CHANGES AND RADIOISOTOPE DATING 201
  19. 17. TREE-RING EVIDENCE FOR CLIMATIC CHANGES 209
  20. 18. CLIMATIC CHANGES AS INTERPRETED FROM METEOROLOGICAL DATA 221
  21. 19. CLIMATIC CHANGES OR CYCLES? 231
  22. 20. EVIDENCE OF CLIMATIC CHANGE IN THE GEOLOGIC RECORD OF PLANT LIFE 237
  23. 21. THE RECORD OF CLIMATIC CHANGES AS REVEALED BY VERTEBRATE PALEOECOLOGY 251
  24. 22. PALEOLIMNOLOGY AND CLIMATE 275
  25. PREFACE v
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