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The Elements of Geology; Adapted to the Use of Schools and Colleges — John Shaqi

The Elements of Geology; Adapted to the Use of Schools and CollegesLoomis, Justin R. (Justin Rudolph)

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The Elements of Geology; Adapted to the Use of Schools and Colleges

Name: The Elements of Geology; Adapted to the Use of Schools and Colleges
Author: Loomis, Justin R. (Justin Rudolph)

Loomis, Justin R. (Justin Rudolph)

Geology

54. Axes and valleys in disturbed strata.

  55. Curved strata of slate, Berwickshire, Eng. (_Lyell._)

  56. Folded strata.

  57. Slope of mountains.

  58. Europe at the Silurian epoch. (_Guyot._)

  59. Europe at the tertiary epoch.

  60. Area of elevation and depression in the Pacific and Indian
        Oceans. (_Darwin._)

  61. _c c_, Coral wall. (_Trimmer._)

  62. _c c_, Coral wall above the sea-level; _c' c'_, Second coral
        wall.

  63. Coral wall after partial subsidence.

  64. Atoll. The coral wall only appearing. The original island
        entirely submerged.

  65. Remains of the temple of Jupiter Serapis, near Naples.

  66. Detached hills of old red sandstone, Rosshire, Scotland.
        (_Lyell._)

  67. Section of denuded strata, Mass. (_Hitchcock._)

  68. Grooved and striated surface of rocks.

  69. Artesian wells.

  70. Segregated masses in rocks.

  71. Columnar form taken by basalt on solidification.

  72. Layers of limestone now forming, San Vignone, Italy. (_Lyell._)

  73. Erosion of rock by the action of the waves.

  74. Marine currents.

  75. Sediment deposited in horizontal layers.

  76. Section of greensand, Bedfordshire, Eng. (_Lyell._)

  77. Glacier, with lateral and medial moraines, _a a_, Terminal
        moraines.

  78. Iceberg.

  79. Volcanic Eruption. (_Trimmer._)

  80. Fractures produced by upheaval.

  81. Fossiliferous rock altered by contact with granite.

  82. Consecutive changes by which horizontal strata become vertical.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

                                                                       Page
  CHAPTER I.

      OF THE MATERIAL WHICH COMPOSE THE CRUST OF THE EARTH.

    SECTION I.--ELEMENTARY SUBSTANCES,                                   11

    SECTION II.--SIMPLE MINERALS,                                        13

    SECTION III.--THE MINERAL MASSES WHICH FORM THE CRUST OF THE EARTH,  16

  CHAPTER II.

      OF THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE MATERIALS WHICH COMPOSE
      THE CRUST OF THE EARTH.

    SECTION I.--THE CLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS,                             21

    SECTION II.--THE PLUTONIC ROCKS,                                     23

    SECTION III.--THE VOLCANIC ROCKS,                                    25

    SECTION IV.--THE NON-FOSSILIFEROUS STRATIFIED (OR
                    METAMORPHIC) ROCKS,                                  30

    SECTION V.--THE FOSSILIFEROUS ROCKS,                                 32

    SECTION VI.--FOSSILS,                                                57

    SECTION VII.--THE TIME NECESSARY FOR THE FORMATION OF THE
                    STRATIFIED ROCKS,                                    63

  CHAPTER III.

      OF THE CHANGES TO WHICH THE CRUST OF THE EARTH HAS
        BEEN SUBJECTED.

    SECTION I.--CHANGES WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT GREAT DEPTHS
                    BELOW THE SURFACE,                                   67

    SECTION II.--CHANGES IN THE MASS OF THE STRATIFIED ROCKS,            68

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