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- journal_title：Journal of the Geological Society
- Contributor：WILLIAM W. HAY ; ERIC J. BARRON ; STARLEY L. THOMPSON
- Publisher：Geological Society of London
- Date：1990-
- Format：text/html
- Language：en
- Identifier：10.1144/gsjgs.147.5.0749
- journal_abbrev：Journal of the Geological Society
- issn：0016-7649
- volume：147
- issue：5
- firstpage：749
- section：Article
摘要
Two general circulation models forced by mean annual insolation and having an energy balance ocean have been run on an Earth with polar continents and a tropical continent. Polar continents produce strong meridional temperature gradients and a maximum hydrological cycle. A tropical continent produces the warmest planet and a minimal hydrological cycle. Both models produce more arid continents than exist today.