The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology

by J. E. Marr

Overview

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
Introduction
CHAPTER II.
Account of the growth and progress of stratigraphical geology
CHAPTER III.
Nature of the stratified rocks
CHAPTER IV.
The law of superposition
CHAPTER V.
The test of included organisms
CHAPTER VI.
Methods of classification of the strata
CHAPTER VII.
Simulation of structures
CHAPTER VIII.
Geological maps and sections
CHAPTER IX.
Evidences of conditions under which strata were formed
CHAPTER X.
Evidences of conditions under which strata were formed, continued
CHAPTER XI.
The classification of the stratified rocks
CHAPTER XII.
The Precambrian rocks
CHAPTER XIII.
Cycles of change in the British area
CHAPTER XIV.
The Cambrian system
CHAPTER XV.
The Ordovician system
CHAPTER XVI.
The Silurian system and the changes which occurred in Britain at the close of Silurian times
CHAPTER XVII.
The Devonian system
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Carboniferous system
CHAPTER XIX.
The changes which occurred during the third continental period in Britain; and the foreign Permo-Carboniferous rocks
CHAPTER XX.
The Permian system
CHAPTER XXI.
The Triassic system
CHAPTER XXII.
The Jurassic system
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Cretaceous system
CHAPTER XXIV.
The Eocene rocks
CHAPTER XXV.
The Oligocene and Miocene periods
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Pliocene beds
CHAPTER XXVII.
The Pleistocene accumulations
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Steppe period
CHAPTER XXIX.
The Forest period
CHAPTER XXX.
Remarks on various questions

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148398424
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Publication date:	10/24/2013
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