Elements of Geology

Charles Lyell

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Charles Lyell

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: June 2015
Print publication year:: 2014
Online ISBN:: 9781107478657
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107478657

Subjects:: Earth and Environmental Sciences, History of Science, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest, General Science
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science

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Between 1830 and 1833, Charles Lyell (1797–1875) published his three-volume Principles of Geology, which has also been reissued in this series. The work's renown stems partly from the fact that the young Charles Darwin, on his voyage around the world aboard the Beagle, became influenced by Lyell's ideas relating to gradual change across large spans of time. Shaping the development of scientific enquiry in Britain and beyond, Lyell was determined to disconnect geology from religion. He originally intended some of the present work, first published in 1838, to be a supplement to the Principles, but later expanded it to serve as a general introduction to geology. The topics covered include the formation of various rock types, matters of field geology, and how the presence of marine fossils above sea level could be explained by the land rising, rather than the sea retreating. Many salient points are illustrated with woodcuts.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iv

PREFACE
pp v-viii

Contents
pp ix-xix

Lately published, BY THE SAME AUTHOR
pp xx-xxii

PART I

CHAPTER I - ON THE FOUR GREAT CLASSES OF ROCKS — THE AQUEOUS, VOLCANIC, PLUTONIC, AND METAMORPHIC
pp 1-24

CHAPTER II - AQUEOUS ROCKS — THEIR COMPOSITION AND FORMS OF STRATIFICATION
pp 25-43

CHAPTER III - ARRANGEMENT OF FOSSILS IN STRATA — FRESHWATER AND MARINE
pp 44-69

CHAPTER IV - CONSOLIDATION OF STRATA AND PETRIFACTION OF FOSSILS
pp 70-90

CHAPTER V - ELEVATION OF STRATA ABOVE THE SEA — HORIZONTAL AND INCLINED STRATIFICATION
pp 91-123

CHAPTER VI - DENUDATION, AND THE PRODUCTION OF ALLUVIUM
pp 124-140

CHAPTER VII - VOLCANIC ROCKS
pp 141-167

CHAPTER VIII - VOLCANIC ROCKS — continued
pp 168-194

CHAPTER IX - PLUTONIC ROCKS—GRANITE
pp 195-218

CHAPTER X - METAMORPHIC ROCKS
pp 219-240

CHAPTER XI - METAMORPHIC ROCKS — continued
pp 241-255

PART II

CHAPTER XII - ON THE DIFFERENT AGES OF THE FOUR GREAT CLASSES OF ROCKS
pp 256-270

CHAPTER XIII - ON THE DIFFERENT AGES OF THE AQUEOUS ROCKS
pp 271-291

CHAPTER XIV - RECENT AND TERTIARY FORMATIONS
pp 292-312

CHAPTER XV - CRETACEOUS GROUP
pp 313-344

CHAPTER XVI - WEALDEN GROUP
pp 345-367

CHAPTER XVII - OOLITE AND LIAS
pp 368-385

CHAPTER XVIII - OOLITE AND LIAS — continued
pp 386-405

CHAPTER XIX - NEW RED SANDSTONE GROUP
pp 406-419

CHAPTER XX - THE COAL, OR CARBONIFEROUS GROUP
pp 420-435

CHAPTER XXI - CARBONIFEROUS GROUP continued, AND OLD RED SANDSTONE
pp 436-454

CHAPTER XXII - PRIMARY FOSSILIFEROUS STRATA
pp 455-466

CHAPTER XXIII - ON THE DIFFERENT AGES OF THE VOLCANIC ROCKS
pp 467-486

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