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... theory about the Earth then prevailed . If Antarctica was to acquire special significance , then a general theory would have to develop that targeted Antarctica as important . The meaning of The Ice , that is , would not emanate from ...
... theory about the Earth then prevailed . If Antarctica was to acquire special significance , then a general theory would have to develop that targeted Antarctica as important . The meaning of The Ice , that is , would not emanate from ...
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... theory in which the West Antarctic ice sheet behaved like a surging glacier ; global glaciations followed from the periodicity of the sheet's advances and recoveries . Almost a decade later , Terrence Hughes published an analogous theory ...
... theory in which the West Antarctic ice sheet behaved like a surging glacier ; global glaciations followed from the periodicity of the sheet's advances and recoveries . Almost a decade later , Terrence Hughes published an analogous theory ...
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... theory emphasizes the capacity of the west sheet to advance rapidly , while the disintegration theory emphasizes the capacity of the west sheet to break up catastrophically . Accord- ing to the surge theory , the west sheet is , in ...
... theory emphasizes the capacity of the west sheet to advance rapidly , while the disintegration theory emphasizes the capacity of the west sheet to break up catastrophically . Accord- ing to the surge theory , the west sheet is , in ...
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