| A Manual of the Geology of India: Chiefly Compiled from the Observations of the Geological Survey Contributor(s): Oldham, Richard Dixon (Editor), Medlicott, H. B. (Author), Blanford, W. T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511973292 ISBN-13: 9780511973291 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Mineralogy |
| Dewey: 555 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The geologist Richard Dixon Oldham (1858-1936) published the second edition of Geology of India in 1892 for the Geological Survey of India. The work is a thoroughgoing revision of the first edition of the same manual compiled by H. M. Medlicott (1829-1905) and W. T. Blanford (1832-1905), published in 1879. It contains one of the earliest and most important geological surveys of India. Owing to an increase in available data since the first edition, descriptions of the rock formations of the country are arranged chronologically. This edition is particularly important for the data on, and discussion of, the age and origins of the Himalayas. It includes other chapters on metamorphic and crystalline rocks, fossils, vegetation, volcanic regions, geological history, and rock formation. It is a key work of nineteenth-century geology which remains relevant for geologists studying the subcontinent today. |