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

Greenland, amphibians
INDEX OF SUBJECTS 431
in, 62;
centrifugal effect of icecap, 381;
displacement in near future pos-
sible, 38 iff; formerly unglaciated,
63, 64, 382, Chs. II, III,
IX; ice sheet still growing, 164-
65; in tandem with Antarctic
icecap, 381; isostatic adjustment
of, contradictory findings, 381;
lignite in, 64; previous location
of pole, 288-302 and Ch. IX
passim; this discovery confirmed,
292, 295, 308
hazel, 65
heat, subcrustal, 116-19; evidence
for displacement of crust, 118;
gradient differs in different con-
tinents, 117; rate of dissipation,
117-18
"Heiskanen formula," 174
Himalayas, uncompensated mass
of, 173, 176; raised by Indian
earthquake of 1950, 384; stand
about 864 feet too high, 173
horse, 227, 233, 262, 338; Pleisto-
cene, 227, 335, 336
horseshoe crabs, 320
Hudson Bay, locale of pole during
Wisconsin glaciation, Ch. VII
passim, 272, 274-75, 288, 299,
300, 303
humidity, increased, and growth of
icecaps, 165
ice, accumulation far faster than
isostatic adjustment, 162, 356;
amount roughly constant, 217,
357
ice ages, alleged causes, 42; these
in conflict with laws of physics,
41-42; allegedly world-wide,
$8ff, 328; this theory refuted,
39-44; and "bipolar mirrorism,"
327-29; in Carboniferous, 67; in
Pleistocene, 303, Ch. VII and
IX; in pre-Cambrian, 67; in
tropics, unexplained, 12, 34;
specifications for adequate the-
ory of, 56-57
icebergs, not evidence of decline
in Antarctic icecap,
mode of formation, 170
170-71;
icecap, Antarctic, accounts for
otherwise unexplained Indian
earthquakes, 383-84; and Cuzco
earthquake, 384; and Ewing
canyons, 385; and increased
strain on crust, 384; alleged re-
cession of, i64ff; eccentrically
placed, i8ff, Fig. I; factor in
world climate, 53; growth con-
temporary with recession of Wisconsin
glaciation, 53; isostatic
adjustment
tion refuted, 163-64; less ancient
than formerly believed, 50-56,
of, i5gff; this asser-
161; rapid growth of, 164-65,
171-72; uncompensated, i72ff.
See also anomaly, centrifugal
effect, "Climatic Optimum,
crack in crust (Ewing canyons),
displacements, ice ages, isostasy,
isostatic adjustment, meridian of
maximum thrust, poles
icecap, North American, Ch. VII
passim. See Wisconsin glaciation
icecaps, i6ff, Chs. II, III, VII, VIII,
IX, XI passim; alleged recession
in Antarctica, i64ff;, best explained
by presence of land at a
pole, 56-57; contrasted with
Martian counterpart, 126-27;
eccentricity, i8ff, i93ff; growth
accelerated by world-wide warm
climate, 165; in the Congo, 37;
in Siberia, 25556; in tropics at
sea level, 38; incredibly rapid
disappearance, 202 (sec also
carbon dioxide); "misplaced,"