As important to modern world views as any work of Darwin, Marx, or Freud, Lyell's Principles of Geology has never before been available in paperback. In this third and final volume, Charles Lyell (1797-1875) devotes much attention to the syntax of geology, that is, to a way of reconstructing the geological past on the basis of the grammar of the present processes he has described in the earlier volumes. He defines four periods of the Tertiary?Newer Pliocene, Older Pliocene, Miocene, and Eocene?and argues that the deposits dating from each period demonstrate the uniformity of processes and environments throughout the Tertiary, and indeed in earlier periods of earth history. Martin J. S. Rudwick has compiled a bibliography giving full references for the sources Lyell cites in all three volumes of the Principles.
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Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN-13
9780226497990
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94871931
Product Key Features
Author
Charles Lyell
Publication Name
Principles of Geology, Volume 3
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geology
Publication Year
1992
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
602 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
215mm
Item Width
139mm
Item Weight
810g
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Title_Author
Charles Lyell
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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