Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- Lately published, BY THE SAME AUTHOR
- PART I
- CHAPTER I ON THE FOUR GREAT CLASSES OF ROCKS — THE AQUEOUS, VOLCANIC, PLUTONIC, AND METAMORPHIC
- CHAPTER II AQUEOUS ROCKS — THEIR COMPOSITION AND FORMS OF STRATIFICATION
- CHAPTER III ARRANGEMENT OF FOSSILS IN STRATA — FRESHWATER AND MARINE
- CHAPTER IV CONSOLIDATION OF STRATA AND PETRIFACTION OF FOSSILS
- CHAPTER V ELEVATION OF STRATA ABOVE THE SEA — HORIZONTAL AND INCLINED STRATIFICATION
- CHAPTER VI DENUDATION, AND THE PRODUCTION OF ALLUVIUM
- CHAPTER VII VOLCANIC ROCKS
- CHAPTER VIII VOLCANIC ROCKS — continued
- CHAPTER IX PLUTONIC ROCKS—GRANITE
- CHAPTER X METAMORPHIC ROCKS
- CHAPTER XI METAMORPHIC ROCKS — continued
- PART II
- INDEX
CHAPTER III - ARRANGEMENT OF FOSSILS IN STRATA — FRESHWATER AND MARINE
from PART I
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- Lately published, BY THE SAME AUTHOR
- PART I
- CHAPTER I ON THE FOUR GREAT CLASSES OF ROCKS — THE AQUEOUS, VOLCANIC, PLUTONIC, AND METAMORPHIC
- CHAPTER II AQUEOUS ROCKS — THEIR COMPOSITION AND FORMS OF STRATIFICATION
- CHAPTER III ARRANGEMENT OF FOSSILS IN STRATA — FRESHWATER AND MARINE
- CHAPTER IV CONSOLIDATION OF STRATA AND PETRIFACTION OF FOSSILS
- CHAPTER V ELEVATION OF STRATA ABOVE THE SEA — HORIZONTAL AND INCLINED STRATIFICATION
- CHAPTER VI DENUDATION, AND THE PRODUCTION OF ALLUVIUM
- CHAPTER VII VOLCANIC ROCKS
- CHAPTER VIII VOLCANIC ROCKS — continued
- CHAPTER IX PLUTONIC ROCKS—GRANITE
- CHAPTER X METAMORPHIC ROCKS
- CHAPTER XI METAMORPHIC ROCKS — continued
- PART II
- INDEX
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- Elements of Geology , pp. 44 - 69Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014