The Student’s Elements of Geology

The Student’s Elements of Geology
Charles Lyell, british lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day (1797-1875)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- PREFACE
-03- ON THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF ROCKS
-04- AQUEOUS ROCKS, THEIR COMPOSITION AND FORMS OF STRATIFICATION
-05- ARRANGEMENT OF FOSSILS IN STRATA
-06- CONSOLIDATION OF STRATA AND PETRIFACTION OF FOSSILS
-07- DENUDATION
-08- JOINT ACTION OF DENUDATION
-09- CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS
-10- PERMIAN OR MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE GROUP
-11- THE COAL OR CARBONIFEROUS GROUP
-12- FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD
-13- DEVONIAN OR OLD RED SANDSTONE GROUP
-14- SILURIAN GROUP
-15- CAMBRIAN AND LAURENTIAN GROUPS
-16- VOLCANIC ROCKS
-17- ON THE AGES OF VOLCANIC ROCKS
-18- AGE OF VOLCANIC ROCKS CONTINUED
-19- PLUTONIC ROCKS
-20- ON THE DIFFERENT AGES OF THE PLUTONIC ROCKS
-21- METAMORPHIC ROCKS
-22- METAMORPHIC ROCKS CONTINUED
-23- ON THE DIFFERENT AGES OF THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS
-24- MINERAL VEINS