Principles of Geology, Volume 2, Bind 2University of Chicago Press, 1990 - 352 sider 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 the second of three volumes, Lyell (1797-1875) continues his uniformitarian argument of Volume I—the physical features of the earth are endlessly fluctuating around a stable mean—but focuses on organic rather than inorganic processes. Volume II is widely known because of its influence on Darwin, who took the book on his famous Beagle voyage and was stimulated by Lyell's extensive treatment of biological history and diversity. |
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Side ix
... land by the same - from the formation of new islands -from the wearing through of an isthmus - Each change in the physical geography of large regions must occasion the extinction of species - Effects of a general alteration of climate ...
... land by the same - from the formation of new islands -from the wearing through of an isthmus - Each change in the physical geography of large regions must occasion the extinction of species - Effects of a general alteration of climate ...
Side x
... land inferior to those caused in the subaqueous regions - Why the vegetable soil does not augment in thickness - Organic matter drifted annually to the sea , and buried in subaqueous strata - Loss of nourishment from this source , how ...
... land inferior to those caused in the subaqueous regions - Why the vegetable soil does not augment in thickness - Organic matter drifted annually to the sea , and buried in subaqueous strata - Loss of nourishment from this source , how ...
Side xi
... land - Cities and their inhabitants buried by showers of ejected matter —by lava — In tuffs or mud composed of volcanic sand and ashes . CHAPTER XV . PAGE . 228 Imbedding of organie remains in subaqueous deposits - Division of the sub ...
... land - Cities and their inhabitants buried by showers of ejected matter —by lava — In tuffs or mud composed of volcanic sand and ashes . CHAPTER XV . PAGE . 228 Imbedding of organie remains in subaqueous deposits - Division of the sub ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 18 |
CHAPTER III | 36 |
CHAPTER IV | 49 |
CHAPTER V | 66 |
CHAPTER VI | 87 |
CHAPTER VII | 105 |
CHAPTER VIII | 123 |
CHAPTER X | 158 |
CHAPTER XI | 176 |
CHAPTER XII | 185 |
CHAPTER XIII | 209 |
CHAPTER XIV | 228 |
CHAPTER XV | 239 |
CHAPTER XVI | 253 |
CHAPTER XVII | 272 |
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