Geological Facts
by W. G. Barrett
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About this eBook
- Author
- Barrett, W. G. (William Garland), 1812-1865
- Title
- Geological facts; or, the crust of the earth, what it is, and what are its uses
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: Arthur Hall, Virtue, & co., 1855.
- Credits
- Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Geology
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72100
- Release Date
- November 12, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.GEOLOGICAL FACTS; OR, THE CRUST OF THE EARTH, WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT ARE ITS USES.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
- 5.CHAPTER II. PRELIMINARIES.
- 6.CHAPTER III. THE ANCIENT EPOCH.
- 7.CHAPTER IV. THE PALÆOZOIC PERIOD.
- 8.CHAPTER V. THE OLD RED SANDSTONE.
- 9.CHAPTER VI. THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM.
- 10.CHAPTER VII. SECONDARY FORMATIONS. No. 1. The New Red Sandstone.
- 11.CHAPTER VIII. SECONDARY ROCKS. No. 2. The Oolitic System.
- 12.CHAPTER IX. SECONDARY ROCKS. 3. The Oolite proper.
- 13.CHAPTER X. SECONDARY ROCKS. No. 4. The Wealden.
- 14.CHAPTER XI. SECONDARY ROCKS. No. 5. The Chalk. THE CRETACEOUS SYSTEM.
- 15.CHAPTER XII. THE TERTIARY SYSTEM. — No. II.— The Miocene. — No. III.— The Pliocene Period.
- 16.CHAPTER XIII. SCRIPTURE AND GEOLOGY; OR, APPARENT CONTRADICTIONS RECONCILED.
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