The Earth's Shifting Crust by Charles Hapgood - wire of information

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displacements of crust (Cont.)
57, 176, 200, 203ff, 207ff,
EARTH'S SHIFTING CRUST
219, 237, 24gff, 287, 314, 390,
and Chs. IX, XI, XII passim;
approximate equality
of extent,
86; basic assumptions of hypothesis,
377, 387!!; cause local in-
creases in crust strength, 176;
discontinuous, 351-52; economic
consequences of theory, 38off;
effects, 95-96, Figs. II, V, VI,
Ch. XII; evidence for, passim;
topics cited in evidence, 387;
evolution and, 322ff, Ch. X pas-
sim; explain acceleration of geological
processes, 49, 309; and
block mountains, no; and
changes in sea level, 120-26, 196,
311-12; and "Climatic Optimum/'
209-10; and climatic
variation, 40, 65, 70, 78, 285,
310, 312; and changes in oxygen
content of atmosphere, 208; and
conflict between Antevs and de
Geer findings, 213; and differ-
ences in extent of European vs.
American glaciations, 213-15;
and difficulties in isostasy the-
ory, 178-79; and distribution of
species, 329, 339; and emptying
of ecological niches, 33 iff; and
epeirogenic uplifts, 121; and
extinctions, 251-56, 332, 334,
336ff, 339; and fracture patterns,
91-110; and gaps in fossil rec-
ord, 338-39; and geographical
isolation of species, 32224, 339;
and geosynclines, 90; and growth
of continents, 122, i53ff; and
heat of earth, 116-19; and in-
constancy of climatic zones, 70,
303; and inconstancy of icecap
locations, i7iff, 287; and "interstadials,"
209-10; and land
bridges, i38ff; and lateral compression
of sedimentary rock in
India, 176; and mountain
ranges, i38ff; and rapid crustal
warping, 216; and "sea mounts/'
i47ff; and structure of crust,
152-53; and tempo of evolution,
322ff, 339; and various
anomalies, 175-76; and Virenz,
332ff, 339; and volcanism, 43,
111-15, 196, 204-8, 269; and
world-wide lowering of temperature,
43; future, of Antarctic
icecap, 380-86; impending ac-
tivity, evidence for, 382!!; intervals
between beginnings of,
about 40,000 years, 277, 284,
38off; intervals variable, 380;
isostasy and, i59ff, 365-78; in
North America, see Wisconsin
glaciation and Ch. VII passim;
northward in Siberia, 271 and
Ch. VIII passim; Pennsylvanian
cycles and, 313; periodicity, 85-
86; perpetual, 304, 314; physical
mechanism, Campbell hypoth-
esis, 388, Ch. XI passim; objec-
tions to this explanation, 22;
answered, i97ff, 352-78; possibly
responsible for all fundamental
features of crust and
earth's history, 314; prior to
Wisconsin glaciation, Ch. IX
passim; proposed causes, 15, 32,
70; icecap as one of these, 17-
21 and Ch. XI passim; rearward
buildup of ice prolonging ac-
tivity, 353-54, 3 8 5~ 86 ; su s-
pended if both poles are in
oceans, 354ff; this objection an-
swered, 354-55; throughout
Paleozoic, 313; time element, 97,
128-31, 277, 284, 38off; viscosity
of asthenosphere no great ob-
stacle to, igoff. See also anomaly,