Elements Of Geology (e-book) (used book) | Charles Lyell | bookbook.eu

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Lately Issued, BY THE SAME PUBLISHERS First American, from the Fifth London Edition, Illustrated by 29(5 Wood Engravings, and 10 Plates and Maps -2 vo!?. royal Svo, AM INQUIRY HOW FAR THE FORMER CHANGES OF THE EaRTH's SURFACE ARE REFERABLE TO CAUSES NOW IN OPERATION, ETC. The following Notices may serve to show the high character which the above work enjoys, as the Standard Text Book for advanced Students of Geology, boLh in Great Britain and tbe United States From the London Qdarlerlv Review.-" We hail with tbe greatest satisfaction the appearance of Mr. Lycll's work, which henceforward, we can hardly doubt, mark the beg inning of a new era in Geology. The title of tho book shows that it is an attempt to place the study of the science on its true basis-to explain the former chaoges of the earth's sur-face by reference to causes now in operation. The mode in which this undertaking has been executed, Ik most satisfactory, and confirms the high reputation Sir. Lyell enjoys fo

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; PART I; CHAPTER I; on the four great classes of rocks-the aqueous, volcanic, plutonic, and metamorphic; Geology defined-Successive formation of the earth's crust-Classification of rocks according to their origin and age - Aqueous rocks (p 15) - Their stratification and imbedded fossils-Volcanic rocks, with and without cones and cratera (p 18) - Plutonic rocks, and their relation to the volcanic- Metamorphic rocks, and their probable origin (p 21)-The term primitive, why erroneously applied to the crystalline formations (p 23) - Division of the work jnio two parts; the first descriptive of rocks without reference to their age, the second treating of their chronology; CHAPTER II; aqueous rocks-their composition and forms of stratification; Mineral composition of strata - Arenaceous roefca - Argillaceous - Calcareous