Discovering the ice ages : international reception and consequences for a historical understanding of climate
Climatology Geology Geology, Stratigraphic Glacial epoch Pleistocene Geologic Epoch SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy History sähkökirjat
Brill
2013
EISBN 9789004241701
Introduction.
How Erratic Blocks Caught the Eye of Science.
Glacier Advances and Icy Theories : 1810-1830.
Glacier and Ice-Age Theories in the First Half of the 1830's.
The Grand Synthesis.
International Reception of Glacial Theory.
The Search for Causes of the Ice Ages.
Conclusions.
How Erratic Blocks Caught the Eye of Science.
Glacier Advances and Icy Theories : 1810-1830.
Glacier and Ice-Age Theories in the First Half of the 1830's.
The Grand Synthesis.
International Reception of Glacial Theory.
The Search for Causes of the Ice Ages.
Conclusions.
