Climate through the Ages: A Study of the Climatic Factors and Their Variations

Table of contents

• Climate Through the Ages *
• Climate Through the Ages a Study of the Climatic Factors and Their Variations *
• Preface 5
• Contents 15
• List of Illustrations 17
• Introduction the Normal Climate of Geological Time 19
• Part I the Climatic Factors and Their Variation *
• Chapter I " Glacial " and " Non-Glacial " Periods *
• Chapter II Pressure and Winds 47
• Chapter III the Circulation of the Oceans 72
• Chapter IV Radiation from the Sun 96
• Chapter V Astronomical Factors of Climate 115
• Chapter VI the Absorption of Radiation by the Atmosphere 125
• Chapter VII the Effect of Cloudiness on Temperature 138
• Chapter VIII Continentality and Temperature 147
• Chapter IX Precipitation—rain, Snow, and Hail 181
• Chapter X Mountain-Building and Climate 204
• Chapter XI the Weather of the Warm Periods 220
• Part II Geological Climates and Their Causes *
• Chapter XII the Geography of the Past *
• Chapter XIII the Theory of Continental Drift 252
• Chapter XIV an Examination of the Climatic Evidence for Continental Drift 265
• Chapter XV the Climate of the Upper Carboniferous Glacial Period 282
• Chapter XVI Some Notes on the Quaternary Glaciation 302
• Part III the Climates of the Historical Past *
• Chapter XVII the Nature of the Evidence *
• Chapter XVIII Europe 337
• Chapter XIX Asia 357
• Chapter XX Africa 368
• Chapter XXI America and Greenland 381
• Chapter XXII the Interpretation of Climatic Fluctuations in the Historical Period 400
• Appendix I the Geological Time-Scale 418
• Appendix II Correlation Coefficients 425
• Appendix III Theories of Climatic Change 430
• Index 433

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