III.—Was there an Arctic Ocean in the Mammoth Period?
The convergence of opinion is now so strong that the climate of Siberia in the Mammoth age was sufficiently temperate to enable trees to grow where only the bare tundra is at present found (if it does not necessitate our extending the forest zone at least as far north as the Liachof Islands), that i...
| Published in: | Geological Magazine |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800176435 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800176435 |
| Summary: | The convergence of opinion is now so strong that the climate of Siberia in the Mammoth age was sufficiently temperate to enable trees to grow where only the bare tundra is at present found (if it does not necessitate our extending the forest zone at least as far north as the Liachof Islands), that it becomes at once interesting and important to consider under what conditions such a result would be forthcoming. |
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