 ... cubic feet. On this basis we find that the Mississippi would carry down an equivalent mass of matter in 785,000 years. The rate of denudation in certain river basins varies from one foot in 700 years to one foot in 12,000 years. Assuming that similar...  The countries of the world - Seite 85von Robert Brown - 1876Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1888 - 964 Seiten
...Judging from these estimates, we may regard the bulk of the Andes as jomowhere about that of a mass 4400 miles long, 100 miles wide, and 13,000 feet high, which is equivalent to 6,349,801,600,000,000 cubic feet On this basis we find that the Mississippi would carry down an equivalent... | |
 | T. J. J. See - 1907 - 340 Seiten
...4400 miles long, loo miles wide, and 13,000 feet high, which is equivalent to 5,349,801,600.000,000 cubic feet. On this basis we find that the Mississippi...apply to the Andes, they would be denuded away in from 9 to 156 million years. In all probability, much less than 9 million would suffice. On the other hand... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1908 - 760 Seiten
...Judging from these estimates, we may regard the bulk of the Andes as somewhere about that of a mass 4400 miles long, 100 miles wide, and 13,000 feet high,...apply to the Andes, they would be denuded away in from 9 to 156 million years. In all probability, much less than 9 million would suffice. On the other hand... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Jackson See - 1908 - 150 Seiten
...Judging from these estimates, we may regard the bulk of the Andes as somewhere about that of a mass 4400 miles long, 100 miles wide, and 13,000 feet high,...apply to the Andes, they would be denuded away in from 9 to 156 million years. In all probability, much less than 9 million would suffice. On the other hand... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1908 - 762 Seiten
...Judging from these estimates, we may regard the bulk of the Andes as somewhere about that of a mass 4400 miles long, 100 miles wide, and 13,000 feet high, which is equivalent to 5.349,801,600.-, 000,000 cubic feet. On this basis we find that the Mississippi would carry down an... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1908 - 762 Seiten
...estimates, we may regard the bulk of the Andes as somewhere about that of a mass 4400 miles long, loo miles wide, and 13,000 feet high, which is equivalent...apply to the Andes, they would be denuded away in from 9 to 156 million years. In all probability, much less than 9 million would suffice. On the other hand... | |
 | 750 Seiten
...4400 miles long, loo miles wide, and 13,000 feet high, which is equivalent to 5,349,801.600.000,000 cubic feet. On this basis we find that the Mississippi...apply to the Andes, they would be denuded away in from 9 to 156 million years. In all probability, much less than 9 million would suffice. On the other hand... | |
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