 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait - 1867 - 914 pages
...mountain-ranges, the violent distortions and fractures of strata, the great prevalence of metamorphic nction (which must have taken place at depths of not many...operative in geological antiquity than in the present age? (s.) But it may be objected to this application of mathematical oi.ji.-ti..m v ' , ,„, JJ ' ' , totcrrralrial... | |
 | Anonymous - 1868 - 602 pages
...the geologists themselves he asks : — ' Do not the vast masses of basalt, the general appearance of mountain-ranges, the violent distortions and fractures...rapid, and in rendering it probable that volcanic agency, earthquake-shocks, and every kind of so-called plntonic action have boon on the whole moro... | |
 | 1868 - 624 pages
...the geologists themselves he asks :— • Do not the vast masses of basalt, the general appearance of mountain-ranges, the violent distortions and fractures...rapid, and in rendering it probable that volcanic agency, earthquake-shocks, and every kind of so-called plutonic action have been on the whole more... | |
 | 1868 - 602 pages
...mountain-ranges, the violent distortions and fractures of strata, the great prevalence of rnetamorphic action (which must have taken place at depths of not...the rate of increase of temperature downwards must havo been much more rapid, and in rendering it probable that volcanic agency, earthquake-shocks, and... | |
 | 1868 - 600 pages
...great prevalence of metamorphic action (which must have taken place at depths of not many miles, if BO much), all agree in demonstrating that the rate of...rapid, and in rendering it probable that volcanic agency, earthquake-shocks, and every kind of so-called plutonic action have boon on the whole more... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait - 1883 - 564 pages
...rightly interpreted? Do not the vast masses of basalt, the general appearances of mountain- ranges, the violent distortions and fractures of strata, the...operative in geological antiquity than in the present age? (s.) But it may be objected to this application of mathematical objections theory — (1), That the... | |
 | 1886 - 1060 pages
...30° N. and S. lat. In this computation the Mediterranean, Caspian and Black Seaa are treated as land. prevalence of metamorphic action (which must have...in geological antiquity than in the present age?" ' Now, while I entirely agree with the general conclusion of Sir William Thomson, it is not unimportant... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1887 - 1176 pages
...rightly interpreted ? Do not the vast masses of basalt, the general appearances of mountain ranges, the violent distortions and fractures of strata, the...energy, earthquake shocks, and every kind of so-called plutonio action, have been, on the whole, more abundantly and violently operative m geological antiquity... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1890 - 564 pages
...rightly interpreted ? Do not the vast masses of basalt, the general appearances of mountain ranges, the violent distortions and fractures of strata, the...operative in geological antiquity than in the present age 1^19. But it may be objected to this application of mathematical theory — (1), That the earth was... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1887 - 1226 pages
...mountain ranges, the violent distortions and fractures of strata, the great prevalence of melamorpiiic action (which must have taken place at depths of not...energy, earthquake shocks, and every kind of so-called plutonie action, have been, on the whole, more abundantly and violently operative in geological antiquity... | |
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Do not the vast masses of basalt, the general appearances of mountain-ranges, the violent distortions and fractures of strata, the great prevalence of metamorphic action (which must have taken place at depths of not many miles, if so much), all agree... 
