Critical Examination of the First Principles of Geology: In a Series of Essays - Brossura

Greenough, George Bellas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1108035329 ISBN 13: 9781108035323

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

First published in 1819, this is G. B. Greenough's influential debunking of geological fallacies popular at the time.

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Descrizione del libro

Published in 1819, this influential series of essays by geologist G. B. Greenough, FRS (1778–1855), debunked numerous fallacies that were popular at the time, and so helped to reform much of geological thinking.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. On stratification; 2. On the figure of the Earth; 3. On the inequalities which existed on the surface of the Earth previously to diluvian action, and on the causes of these inequalities; 4. On formations; 5. On the order of succession in rocks; 6. On the properties of rocks, as connected with their respective ages; 7. On the history of strata, as deduced from their fossil contents; 8. On mineral veins; Address delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of London, on the 21st of February, 1834; Address delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of London, on the 20th of February, 1835.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1108035329
• ISBN 13: 9781108035323
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416
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