Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... periods , the polar ice shields and pack ice in the oceans extended much closer to the equator than they do today or than they did during the briefer , warmer interglacial periods of the past . At the end of the last glacial period ...
... periods , the polar ice shields and pack ice in the oceans extended much closer to the equator than they do today or than they did during the briefer , warmer interglacial periods of the past . At the end of the last glacial period ...
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... periods , as is our present Holocene epoch . The difference between that interstadial period and to- day's interglacial epoch is considerable , as shown in Figure 9.2 for Europe . One important difference is the extent of reforestation ...
... periods , as is our present Holocene epoch . The difference between that interstadial period and to- day's interglacial epoch is considerable , as shown in Figure 9.2 for Europe . One important difference is the extent of reforestation ...
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... period of variation in the thickness and composition of the lay- ers ; these sediments were produced by swift creeks as they washed away sand and organic material . This period occurred up to 12,000 years ago , and again for the last ...
... period of variation in the thickness and composition of the lay- ers ; these sediments were produced by swift creeks as they washed away sand and organic material . This period occurred up to 12,000 years ago , and again for the last ...
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