IXDEX. 



319 



Faroe Islands, distribution of flora 



in, 197 

 Faults, evidence from, of the 

 earth's age, 268 

 ,, large, details of, 268- 270 

 Ferrell, Mr. W., on temperature of 



the two hemispheres. 36 

 Fitzroy. Admiral, on measurements 



of icebergs, 210 

 " Flysch "of Switzerland. 17-'i 

 Fogs, influence on climate. 42. 44, 



120 

 Formations, time of, as measured 



by denudation, 277 

 Forest-beds, probable date of, 117 

 under Carse-clays. 117 

 sea lower than at 

 present, 117 

 Forth. Carse-clays of, 115 

 Frankland, Prof., on cause of 



glacial epoch. 2 

 France, mammoth remains found 



in, 1S6 

 Fuego, why the snow is perma- 

 nent, 51 



GARDNER, Mr. J. Starkie, on 

 Tertiary fossil floras, 161 

 ,, refutation of Mr. 



Wood'stheory,163 



cited, 161, 163. 174 

 Gases, radiation of heat through, 



262 

 Gastaldi, M. , on glacial deposits in 



Miocene beds, 172 

 Geikie, Prof. A., on large faults, 



269 

 Geikie, Prof. J., on climate of 

 Pleistocene times, 

 127 

 ,, on post - glacial 



elevation, 97 

 on distribution of 

 Arctic flora, 197 

 ,, on land -connec- 



tion between 

 Europe and 

 Faroes, 197 

 on tufa of Europe, 

 1-7 

 ,, on Carse-clays, 



114, 115 



Geike, Prof. J., on slopes down 

 which ice moves 

 244 

 cited, llti. 132 

 Geographical conditions, misap- 

 prehensions regard- 

 ing, 104, 106 

 conditions net 



for glaciation. It'..") 



conditions part of 



Physical Theory, 



93, 94 



Geological facts in relation to 



modification of theory, 126 

 Georgia, South, why snow is 



perpetual, 51 

 Germany, mammoth remains found 

 in, 1S6 

 ,, glaciation of by Scandi- 

 navian ice-sheet, 169 

 Giescke, M., on Greenland, 69 

 Glacial epoch, condition of Europe 

 at the time, 129, 

 132 

 ,, three main causes 



of, 102 

 ,, might be produced 



without very high 

 eccentricity. 52 

 ice of, 246 

 ,, how affected by 



geogi-aphical con- 

 ditions, 165 

 dates of, derived 

 from eccentricitv, 

 174 

 Glacial periods of Tertiary age, 



164 

 Glaciation not the result of 



eccentricity alone, 165 

 Glaciation, M, YVoekiof on cause 



of, 57 

 Glacier-motion, heat transformed 

 into, 256 

 ,, regelation as a 



cause <>f. - 

 Glen Brora, moraine of. 1 Hi 

 Glen Torsa, moraines on 30 feet 



beach, 116 

 Graham Land under glaciation, 1 13 

 Gravitation, theory of sun's heal 

 irreconcilable with 

 geological fact 



