History of geology and palæontology to the end of the nineteenth century / by Karl Alfred von Zittel .. ; translated by Maria M. Ogilvie-Gordon ; with thirteen portraits.

  • Zittel, Karl Alfred von, 1839-1904.
Date:
1901
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Credit: History of geology and palæontology to the end of the nineteenth century / by Karl Alfred von Zittel .. ; translated by Maria M. Ogilvie-Gordon ; with thirteen portraits. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGES Fourth Period—Newer Development of Geo- logy AND PaL/EONTOLOGY - - - 145-152 General survey, 145 ; The influence of the Universities, of Geological Societies, and of the Geological Survey Departments, 146. CHAPTER I. COSMICAL GEOLOGY - .... 153-171 Cosmogony, 153; The Sun, 156; The fixcd stars and planets, 157 ; The Moon, 161 ; Meteorites and falling stars, 163 ; Geogeny, 166. CHAPTER II. Physiographical Geology- - - - 172-185 Form, size, and weight of the Enrth, 174; The Earth’s internal heat and the Constitution of its interior, 175; Morphology of the Earth’s surface, 181. CHAPTER III. Dynamical Geology .... 186-323 General survey, 186; Carl von Hoff, 187; Sir Charles Lyell, 189 ; (a) Geological action of the atmosphere, 197 ; (b) Geological action of water—Springs, 200 ; Chemical action of water, 202; Erosion, 203; Denudation, 214; Mechanical Sediments, 215; Chemical deposits in water, 217; (f) Geological effects of ice, 220; Glaciers, 220; The Ice Age, 222 ; (d) Geological action of organistns, 239; Peat, 240; Coals, 240; Siliceous earth, 243; Algal and foraminiferal limestone, 243; Coral reefs, 245 ; Petroleum, 253 ; (e) Volcanoes, 254 ; (/) Earthquakes, 280 ; (g) Sccular movements of upheaval and depression, 2S5; (h) Older dislocations in the earth’s crust, 295; Tectonic structure and origin of the conlinents and mountain-chains, 306.