Books: Lyell: the Past is the Key to the Present, Hamilton in Hamilton, Waikato for sale
No signatures. ; viii, 376 pages. Pictorial papered boards. Page dimensions: 248 x 167mm. Illustrated."Distinguished historians of science give an appraisal of Lyell's life and works and his influence through his travels across Europe and North America."- from blurb on rear cover. Various contributors. Contents: IntroductionPart 1: The life and influence of LyellLyell and the Principles of GeologyCharles Lyell and the Geological SocietyLyell: The man and his timesLyell's reception on the continent of Europe: a contribution to an open historiographical problemCharles Lyell's debt to North America - his lectures and travels from 1841 to 1853Charles Lyell in New York StateCharles Lyell and the evidence of the Antiquity of ManPart 2: Lyell and the development of Geological scienceLyell's Principles of Geology (1830-33): foundations of sedimentologyThe Cenozoic Era: Lyellian (chrono)stratigraphy and nomenclatural reform at the milleniumLyell's views in relation to organic progression evolution and extinctionThe age of the Earth and the invention of geological timeLyell and the dilemma of Quaternary glaciationCharles Lyell and climatic change: speculation and certaintyCatastrophism and uniformitarianism: logical roots and current relevance in geologyFrom William Smith to William Whitaker: the development of British hydrogeology in the 19th centuryPart 3: The legacy of LyellThe Cambrian-Silurian tectonic evolution of the northern Appalachians and British Caledonides: history of a complex, southwest Pacific-type segment of IapetusThe legacy of Charles Lyell: advances in our knowledge of coal and coal-bearing strataThe Carboniferous Evolution of Nova ScotiaSequence stratigraphy: a revolution without a cause?Extrusions of Hormuz salt in IranMount Etna - monitoring in the past, present and futureEarthquakes and Earth structure: a perspective since Hutton and LyellMan and the modern environment . ; Geological Society Special Publication 143; 4to
Author
Derek J.&Andrew C. Scott (eds.) Blundell
Title
Lyell: the Past is the Key to the Present
Publisher name
The Geological Society, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1998
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
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