| The Student's Elements of Geology Contributor(s): Lyell, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1419184369 ISBN-13: 9781419184369 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $38.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: It may appear inconceivable to a beginner how mountains, several thousand feet thick, can have become full of fossils from top to bottom; but the difficulty is removed, when he reflects on the origin of stratification, as explained in the last chapter, and allows sufficient time for the accumulation of sediment. He must never lose sight of the fact that, during the process of deposition, each separate layer was once the uppermost, and immediately in contact with the water in which aquatic animals lived. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology - Science | Gravity - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Science & Technology |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 8.28" W x 10.86" (2.40 lbs) 484 pages |
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