Natural History of Coal

Klappentext This 1910 volume by E. A. Newell Arber presents a variety of information on the geology and paleobotany of coal. Zusammenfassung The Natural History of Coal by E. A. Newell Arber was first published in 1910. The volume presents a variety of information on the geology and paleobotany of coal. It remains a highly readable work that sheds light on the understanding of coal at the time of publication. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of illustrations; Table of chief divisions of the stratified rocks; 1. Introduction. The chemical and physical properties of coal; 2. Coal as a rock, and the associated rocks; 3. The origin of the mother substance of coal; 4. The mode of accumulation of terrestrial coals; 5. The mode of formation of estuarine and lacustrine coals; 6. The mode of conversion of the original mother substance into coal. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: E. A. Newell Arber, Newell Arber E. A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.03.2012
• EAN: 9781107605763
• ISBN: 978-1-107-60576-3
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Palaeontology, Geology & The Lithosphere