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

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

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• Authors: George Bellas Greenough
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108035323
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03532-3
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Geology & The Lithosphere