Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE SUBMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF THE LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH.
Displacement of the Earth’s Centre of Gravity by Polar Ice-cap.—Simple Method of estimating Amount of Displacement.—Note by Sir W. Thomson on foregoing Method.—Difference between Continental Ice and a Glacier.—Probable Thickness of the Antarctic Ice-cap.—Probable Thickness of Greenland Ice-sheet.—The Icebergs of the Southern Ocean.—Inadequate Conceptions regarding the Magnitude of Continental Ice 368