The Building Of The British Isles: A Study In Geographical Evolution (1888) - Softcover

Jukes-Browne, A. J.

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ISBN 10: 0548587310 ISBN 13: 9780548587317

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007

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British area has passed. The pioneer in this branch of geological science wasM r, Godwin-A usten, whose masterly essays published in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, between 1856 and 1866, may still be read with advantage, for many of his conclusions have been confirmed by the information subsequently derived from deep borings in the eastern and midland counties. Many geologists have dealt in more or less detail with the geographical conditions of particular epochs, but the first systematic treatise on the geography of successive geological periods was that by Professor Hull, published in 1882, and entitled, Contributions to the Physical History of theB ritish I sles. The larger part of Professor Hull sbook, however, is devoted to the consideration of the Palaeozoic periods and the origin of the Atlantic Ocean; the space allotted to theN eozoic periods being hardly proportionate to the knowledge that we really possess concerning them. The aim and scope of the present volume are somewhat different from Professor Hull s, the successive periods of Neozoic time being treated at much greater length than those of Palaeozoic time, partly because much more information is available, but chiefly because it is my object to trace out the succession of physical and geographical changes which have led up to the existing disposition of land and water in the north-western portion of Europe. My thanks are due to many friends and correspondents for information and advice, especially toD r. Callaway with regard to the Cambrian period, toP rofessor Hull respecting the I rish Devonians, toP rofessor A. H. Green, Mr. E. Wilson, and Mr. H. B.
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• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0548587310
• ISBN 13: 9780548587317
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 392
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