{"product_id":"on-the-geological-structure-of-the-alps-apennines-and-carpathians-more-especially-to-prove-a-transition-from-secondary-to-tertiary-rocks-and-the-development-of-eocene-deposits-in-southern-europe-paperback-9781108072564","title":"On the Geological Structure of the Alps, Apennines and Carpathians; More Especially to Prove a Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Rocks, and the Development of Eocene Deposits in Southern Europe (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108072564","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOn the Geological Structure of the Alps, Apennines and Carpathians\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMore Especially to Prove a Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Rocks, and the Development of Eocene Deposits in Southern Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMurchison's authoritative study of 1849 which transformed contemporary understanding of European geology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoderick Impey Murchison (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108072564, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages, 41 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.23 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFew men were better placed to produce an authoritative study of Continental geology than Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871), President of the Geological Society and the Royal Geographical Society of London. Having conducted extensive fieldwork alongside Adam Sedgwick, in 1847 Murchison set out on a study tour that would change the manner in which geology was understood and debated. Delivered before the Geological Society and published in their Quarterly Journal in 1849, this paper challenged received wisdom as to the age and formation of the most impressive of geological phenomena. Covering crystalline and palaeozoic rocks, the Trias, iron mines, nummulitic rocks and fish slates, this landmark study and its numerous diagrams that illustrate it not only explain a geological subject, but also reveal the nature of nineteenth-century scientific scholarship. The book also contains a short supplementary paper on the distribution of surface detritus in the Alps.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. General Structure of the Alps\u003cbr\u003e Part II. On the Cretaceous and Nummulitic Rocks of the Carpathian Mountains\u003cbr\u003e Part III. On the Chief Formations of the Apennines and Italy\u003cbr\u003e Concluding remarks\u003cbr\u003e Species of the Nummulitic Eocene group having a wide geographical range\u003cbr\u003e On the distribution of the superficial detritus of the Alps, as compared with that of Northern Europe\u003cbr\u003e Note on the geological structure of the Asturias, extracted from a letter of M. E. de Verneuil addressed to Sir Roderick I. Murchison.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geology \u0026amp; the lithosphere [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geology \u0026amp; the lithosphere\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geology%20\u0026amp;%20the%20lithosphere%20%5BRBG%5D%22\"\u003eRBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266180632856,"sku":"9781108072564","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108072564i_4dba9795-f1c3-4a42-bd70-664dfc30fb5d.jpg?v=1696748920","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/on-the-geological-structure-of-the-alps-apennines-and-carpathians-more-especially-to-prove-a-transition-from-secondary-to-tertiary-rocks-and-the-development-of-eocene-deposits-in-southern-europe-paperback-9781108072564","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}