Roderick Impey Murchison

On the Geological Structure of the Alps, Apennines and Carpathians

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1849, On the Geological Structure of the Alps, Apennines and Carpathians challenged prevailing theories surrounding these impressive geological phenomena. This landmark study and the diagrams that illustrate it not only explain a geological subject, but also reveal the nature of nineteenth-century scientific scholarship.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9781108072564
• ISBN-10: 1108072569
• Artikelnr.: 33134681

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. General Structure of the Alps
Part II. On the Cretaceous and Nummulitic Rocks of the Carpathian Mountains
Part III. On the Chief Formations of the Apennines and Italy
Concluding remarks
Species of the Nummulitic Eocene group having a wide geographical range
On the distribution of the superficial detritus of the Alps, as compared with that of Northern Europe
Note on the geological structure of the Asturias, extracted from a letter of M. E. de Verneuil addressed to Sir Roderick I. Murchison.