Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences
Journal Data
| Type | JOURNAL |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Royal Society of Edinburgh (GB) |
| ISSN | 0263-5933 / 1473-7116 |
| Scopus | 32697 |
| Wikidata | Q15768326 |
| OpenAlex | S2764763431 |
| Website | http://www.royalsoced.org.uk |
| Total publications | 9 |
| Coverage period | 1790 - 1990 |
| Country | GB |
| Language | EN |
| Indexing | Scopus indexed |
| Cited by | 1 |
| h-index | 1 |
American Constitutional Law and Politics · Botany and Plant Ecology Studies · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction · Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies · Earth and Planetary Sciences (all · Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) · earthquake and tectonic studies · Environmental Science (all · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
An alternative astronomical calibration of the lower Pleistocene timescale based on ODP Site 677
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 677 provided excellent material for high resolution stable isotope analysis of both benthonic and planktonic foraminifera through the entire Pleistocene and upper Pliocene. The oxygen isotope record is readily correlated with the SPECMAP stack (Imbrie et al. 1984) and with the record from DSDP 607 (Ruddiman et al. 1986) but a significantly better match with orbital models is obtained by departing from the timesca…
VIII.—The Archæan and Torridonian Formations and the Later Intrusive Igneous Rooks of Iona
The Island of Iona, celebrated for its ecclesiastical remains and venerated as the centre of St Columba's activities and as the cradle of Christianity in Scotland, is designated by various names. In Gaelic it is known as “Hy” or “I” (the Island), and has been termed also “Innis-nan-Druidneach” (the Island of the Druids), “I-Colm-Kill” (the Island of Colum of the Cell). The term “Iona” (or “Ioua”) was used by Adamnan in his Latin Life of St Columb…
XV.—The Correlation between Relatives on the Supposition of Mendelian Inheritance.
Several attempts have already been made to interpret the well-established results of biometry in accordance with the Mendelian scheme of inheritance. It is here attempted to ascertain the biometrical properties of a population of a more general type than has hitherto been examined, inheritance in which follows this scheme. It is hoped that in this way it will be possible to make a more exact analysis of the causes of human variability. The great …
II.— On Dew
The immense amount that has been written on the subject of dew renders it extremely difficult for one to state anything regarding it which has not been previously expressed in some form. It has been examined over and over by minds of every type, and from every point of view; so that every possible explanation of the different phenomena seems to have been given, and so many passing thoughts recorded, that from the literary point of view the whole …
XXVI.— The 364 Unifilar Knots of Ten Crossings, Enumerated and Described
The 119 subsolids (marked ss ) and the 244 unsolids (marked us ), of these unifilars are here arranged in lists according to their flaps. F e is the number of flaps of e loops upon a knot; and the headings of the lists, as, e.g. 10 I, F 2 = 1, F 1 = 3, describe so far all the knots in the lists. Thus in 10 I each has one 2-ple flap and three single ones. After the number in the list comes always the base on which the knot is constructed by the ru…
VII.— On the Physiological Action of Light
Sensory nerves are divided into two classes, those of general sensibility and those of special sense. The nerves of general sensibility are distributed to the skin, muscles, or viscera, and convey influences to the brain which give rise to sensations of touch, heat, &c., or to those vague sensations, not definitely localised, which we include under the name of the muscular sense. The nerves of special sense are endowed with special and individual…
XXV.— Experiments on the Ordinary Refraction of Iceland Spar
According to the theory devised by Huygens, to explain the phenomenon of double refraction in Iceland spar, a pencil of light transmitted through that substance is divided into two pencils; the index of refraction for the one being constant, while for the other it varies with the inclination of the transmitted light to the optical axis of the crystal. Dr Wollaston, in 1802, verified the spheroidal form of the wave of light, which Huygens had assu…
II. Remarks on some Passages of the sixth Book of the Eneid
The poetical beauties of Virgil's sixth book are great and many; and a most agreeable task it would be to point them out: but that is not my present purpose. Nor do I intend to draw a comparison of the sentiments of our poet with those of Homer, concerning a future state. From Homer, no doubt, Virgil received the first hint of this episode ; but the evocation of the ghosts, in the eleventh book of the Odyssey, is not in any degree so striking, or…
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II. Remarks on some Passages of the sixth Book of the Eneid
The poetical beauties of Virgil's sixth book are great and many; and a most agreeable task it would be to point them out: but that is not my present purpose. Nor do I intend to draw a comparison of the sentiments of our poet with those of Homer, concerning a future state. From Homer, no doubt, Virgil received the first hint of this episode ; but the evocation of the ghosts, in the eleventh book of the Odyssey, is not in any degree so striking, or…
XXV.— Experiments on the Ordinary Refraction of Iceland Spar
According to the theory devised by Huygens, to explain the phenomenon of double refraction in Iceland spar, a pencil of light transmitted through that substance is divided into two pencils; the index of refraction for the one being constant, while for the other it varies with the inclination of the transmitted light to the optical axis of the crystal. Dr Wollaston, in 1802, verified the spheroidal form of the wave of light, which Huygens had assu…
VII.— On the Physiological Action of Light
Sensory nerves are divided into two classes, those of general sensibility and those of special sense. The nerves of general sensibility are distributed to the skin, muscles, or viscera, and convey influences to the brain which give rise to sensations of touch, heat, &c., or to those vague sensations, not definitely localised, which we include under the name of the muscular sense. The nerves of special sense are endowed with special and individual…
XXVI.— The 364 Unifilar Knots of Ten Crossings, Enumerated and Described
The 119 subsolids (marked ss ) and the 244 unsolids (marked us ), of these unifilars are here arranged in lists according to their flaps. F e is the number of flaps of e loops upon a knot; and the headings of the lists, as, e.g. 10 I, F 2 = 1, F 1 = 3, describe so far all the knots in the lists. Thus in 10 I each has one 2-ple flap and three single ones. After the number in the list comes always the base on which the knot is constructed by the ru…
II.— On Dew
The immense amount that has been written on the subject of dew renders it extremely difficult for one to state anything regarding it which has not been previously expressed in some form. It has been examined over and over by minds of every type, and from every point of view; so that every possible explanation of the different phenomena seems to have been given, and so many passing thoughts recorded, that from the literary point of view the whole …
XV.—The Correlation between Relatives on the Supposition of Mendelian Inheritance.
Several attempts have already been made to interpret the well-established results of biometry in accordance with the Mendelian scheme of inheritance. It is here attempted to ascertain the biometrical properties of a population of a more general type than has hitherto been examined, inheritance in which follows this scheme. It is hoped that in this way it will be possible to make a more exact analysis of the causes of human variability. The great …
VIII.—The Archæan and Torridonian Formations and the Later Intrusive Igneous Rooks of Iona
The Island of Iona, celebrated for its ecclesiastical remains and venerated as the centre of St Columba's activities and as the cradle of Christianity in Scotland, is designated by various names. In Gaelic it is known as “Hy” or “I” (the Island), and has been termed also “Innis-nan-Druidneach” (the Island of the Druids), “I-Colm-Kill” (the Island of Colum of the Cell). The term “Iona” (or “Ioua”) was used by Adamnan in his Latin Life of St Columb…
An alternative astronomical calibration of the lower Pleistocene timescale based on ODP Site 677
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 677 provided excellent material for high resolution stable isotope analysis of both benthonic and planktonic foraminifera through the entire Pleistocene and upper Pliocene. The oxygen isotope record is readily correlated with the SPECMAP stack (Imbrie et al. 1984) and with the record from DSDP 607 (Ruddiman et al. 1986) but a significantly better match with orbital models is obtained by departing from the timesca…