Siluria The History of the Oldest Known Rocks Containing Organic Remains, with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold over the Earth
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION—ORIGINAL SILURIAN RESEARCHES.—DESIGN OF THIS WORK
- CHAP. II BASE OF THE SILURIAN ROCKS, AND EARLIEST ZONE OF FORMER LIFE
- CHAP. III LOWER SILURIAN ROCKS—continued
- CHAP. IV LOWER SILURIAN ROCKS—continued
- CHAP. V UPPER SILURIAN ROCKS
- CHAP. VI UPPER SILURIAN ROCKS—continued
- CHAP. VII SILURIAN ROCKS OF BRITAIN BEYOND THE TYPICAL REGION OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AS SEEN IN CORNWALL, THE NOKTH-WEST OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND
- CHAP. VIII ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE LOWER SILURIAN Rocks
- CHAP. IX FOSSILS OF THE UPPER SILURIAN ROCKS
- CHAP. X THE DEVONIAN ROCKS, OR OLD RED SANDSTONE, AS EXHIBITED IN THE BRITISH ISLES
- CHAP. XI CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS
- CHAP. XII PERMIAN ROCKS
- CHAP. XIII GENERAL VIEW OF THE SILURIAN, DEVONIAN, AND CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS OF SCANDINAVIA AND RUSSIA
- CHAP. XIV PRIMEVAL SUCCESSION IN GERMANY AND BELGIUM
- CHAP. XV SILURIAN, DEVONIAN, AND CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS OF FRANCE, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AND SARDINIA
- CHAP. XVI SUCCESSION OF PRIMEVAL ROCKS IN AMERICA
- CHAP. XVII ON THE ORIGINAL FORMATION OF GOLD, AND ITS SUBSEQUENT DISTRIBUTION IN DEBRIS OVER PARTS OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE
- CHAP. XVIII CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- A Vertical Range of Silurian Fossils
- B Recent Surveys of the British Silurian Rocks
- C Traces of Vegetable Matter in the Silurian and older Rocks
- D Unconformity in Ireland of the Longmynd or Bottom Rocks (‘Cambrian’ of the Survey) to the Lower Silurian
- E Barrande's Silurian System in Bohemia
- F Depth of the Primeval Seas, and Colouring of the Shells of the Mollusca which lived in them
- G Extension of Silurian Rocks in Spain
- H Foraminifera in the Silurian Rocks
- I Supposed Anomaly at Neffiez in France explained
- K Australian Gold
- L Produce of Silver
- M Silurian Rocks in Silesia
- N Palæozoic Rocks in Asia Minor
- O Discoveries along the Flanks of the Malvern Hills
- P Other Reptilian Remains in the Permian Rocks of Russia
- Q On the former Changes of the Alps
- INDEX
- Colophon
- Plate section
K - Australian Gold
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION—ORIGINAL SILURIAN RESEARCHES.—DESIGN OF THIS WORK
- CHAP. II BASE OF THE SILURIAN ROCKS, AND EARLIEST ZONE OF FORMER LIFE
- CHAP. III LOWER SILURIAN ROCKS—continued
- CHAP. IV LOWER SILURIAN ROCKS—continued
- CHAP. V UPPER SILURIAN ROCKS
- CHAP. VI UPPER SILURIAN ROCKS—continued
- CHAP. VII SILURIAN ROCKS OF BRITAIN BEYOND THE TYPICAL REGION OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AS SEEN IN CORNWALL, THE NOKTH-WEST OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND
- CHAP. VIII ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE LOWER SILURIAN Rocks
- CHAP. IX FOSSILS OF THE UPPER SILURIAN ROCKS
- CHAP. X THE DEVONIAN ROCKS, OR OLD RED SANDSTONE, AS EXHIBITED IN THE BRITISH ISLES
- CHAP. XI CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS
- CHAP. XII PERMIAN ROCKS
- CHAP. XIII GENERAL VIEW OF THE SILURIAN, DEVONIAN, AND CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS OF SCANDINAVIA AND RUSSIA
- CHAP. XIV PRIMEVAL SUCCESSION IN GERMANY AND BELGIUM
- CHAP. XV SILURIAN, DEVONIAN, AND CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS OF FRANCE, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AND SARDINIA
- CHAP. XVI SUCCESSION OF PRIMEVAL ROCKS IN AMERICA
- CHAP. XVII ON THE ORIGINAL FORMATION OF GOLD, AND ITS SUBSEQUENT DISTRIBUTION IN DEBRIS OVER PARTS OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE
- CHAP. XVIII CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- A Vertical Range of Silurian Fossils
- B Recent Surveys of the British Silurian Rocks
- C Traces of Vegetable Matter in the Silurian and older Rocks
- D Unconformity in Ireland of the Longmynd or Bottom Rocks (‘Cambrian’ of the Survey) to the Lower Silurian
- E Barrande's Silurian System in Bohemia
- F Depth of the Primeval Seas, and Colouring of the Shells of the Mollusca which lived in them
- G Extension of Silurian Rocks in Spain
- H Foraminifera in the Silurian Rocks
- I Supposed Anomaly at Neffiez in France explained
- K Australian Gold
- L Produce of Silver
- M Silurian Rocks in Silesia
- N Palæozoic Rocks in Asia Minor
- O Discoveries along the Flanks of the Malvern Hills
- P Other Reptilian Remains in the Permian Rocks of Russia
- Q On the former Changes of the Alps
- INDEX
- Colophon
- Plate section
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- SiluriaThe History of the Oldest Known Rocks Containing Organic Remains, with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold over the Earth, pp. 497Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014