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Author : James Geikie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Erosion
ISBN : MINN:31951D00527103Z
Author : James Geikie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Erosion
ISBN : LCCN:02022034
Author : James Geikie
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 133034409X
Excerpt from Earth Sculpture: Or the Origin of Land-Forms Although much has been written, especially of late years, on the origin of surface-features, yet there is no English work to which readers not skilled in geology can turn for some general account of the whole subject. It is true that all geological text-books and many manuals of geography devote some space to its discussion, while not a few excellent treatises deal at large with one or more of its sub-divisions. Geological literature is also by no means poor in admirable popular monographs descriptive of the geology and geography of particular regions, in which the origin of their surface-features is more or less fully explained. But for those who may be desirous of acquiring some broad knowledge of the results arrived at by geologists as to the development of land-forms generally, no introductory treatise is available. Possibly, therefore, the present attempt to supply a deficiency may not be wholly unacceptable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : James Geikie
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0332440443
Excerpt from Earth Sculpture: Or the Origin of Land-Forms Formes o'u Terrain - an admirable and well illustrated work, descriptive of the geological origin of land forms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : James Geikie
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1355027098
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James Geikie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Erosion
ISBN : UCAL:$B97854
Author : James 1839-1915 Geikie
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1362040258
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James Geikie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Erosion
ISBN : UVA:X001020711
Author : William Herbert Hobbs
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781465606327
The series of readings contained in the present volume give in somewhat expanded form the substance of a course of illustrated lectures which has now for several years been delivered each semester at the University of Michigan. The keynote of the course may be found in the dominant characteristics of the different earth features and the geological processes which have been betrayed in the shaping of them. Such a geological examination of landscape is replete with fascinating revelations, and it lends to the study of Nature a deep meaning which cannot but enhance the enjoyment of her varied aspects. That there is a real place for such a cultural study of geology within the University is believed to be shown by the increasing number of students who have elected the work. Even more than in former years the American travels afar by car or steamship, and the earth’s surface features in all their manifold diversity are thus one after the other unrolled before him. The thousands who each year cross the Atlantic to roam over European countries may by historical, literary, or artistic studies prepare themselves to derive an exquisite pleasure as they visit places identified with past achievement of one form or another. Yet the Channel coast, the gorge of the Rhine, the glaciers of Switzerland, and the wild scenery of Norway or Scotland have each their fascinating story to tell of a history far more remote and varied. To read this history, the runic characters in which it is written must first of all be mastered; for in every landscape there are strong individual lines of character such as the pen artist would skillfully extract for an outline sketch. Such character profiles are often many times repeated in each landscape, and in them we have a key to the historical record. An object of the present readings has thus been to enable the student to himself pick out in each landscape these more significant lines and so read directly from Nature. In the landscapes which have been represented, the aim has been to draw as far as possible upon localities well known to travelers and likely to be visited, either because of their historical interest or their purely scenic attractions. It should thus be possible for a tourist in America or Europe to pursue his landscape studies whenever he sets out upon his travels. The better to aid him in this endeavor, some suggestions concerning the itinerary of journeys have been supplied in an appendix. Regarded as a textbook of geology, the present work offers some departures from existing examples. Though it has been customary to combine in a single text historical with dynamical and structural geology, a tendency has already become apparent to treat the historical division apart from the others. Again, a desire to treat the science of geology comprehensively has led some authors into including so many subjects as to render their texts unnecessarily encyclopedic and correspondingly uninteresting to the general reader. It is the author’s belief that there is a real need for a book which may be read intelligently by the general public, and it must be recognized that the beginner in the subject cannot cover the entire field by a single course of readings. The present work has, therefore, been prepared with a view to selecting for study those dominant geological processes which are best illustrated by features in northern North America and Europe. It is this desire to illustrate the readings by travels afield, which accounts for the prominence given to the subject of glaciation; for the larger number of colleges and universities in both America and Europe are surrounded by the heavy accumulations that have resulted from former glaciations.
Author : George Harry Dury
Publisher : Allen & Unwin Australia
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:31951001468288P
A study of earth sculpture that includes discussions on the formidable effects of glaciation, the continuing unease of the earth's crust, the drastic shrinkage of streams throughout huge areas of the globe, the fluctuations of desert margins, and the former wide extension of humid-tropical climate. Two themes run throughout: the sequential development of landscape and the changes imposed on the course of that development by changes in climate.
Author : T. W. Freeman,Philippe Pinchemel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474230735
An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known: explorers, independent thinkers and scholars. Each paper describes the geographer's education, life and work and discusses their influence and spread of academic ideas. Each study includes a select bibliography and brief chronology. The work includes a general index and a cumulative index of geographers listed in volumes published to date.
Author : Richard J. Chorley,Antony J. Dunn,Robert Percy Beckinsale
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862392498
This book is the fourth volume in the definitive series, The History of the Study of Landforms or The Development of Geomorphology. Volume 1 (1964) dealt with contributions to the field up to 1890. Volume 2 (1973) dealt with the concepts and contributions of William Morris Davis. Volume 3 (1991) covered historical and regional themes during the 'classic' period of geomorphology, between 1980 and 1950. This volume concentrates on studies of geomorphological processes and Quaternary geomorphology, carrying on these themes into the second part of the twentieth century, since when process-based studies have become so dominant. It is divided into five sections. After chapters dealing with geological controls, there are three sections dealing with process and form: fluvial, glacial and other process domains. The final section covers the mid-century revolution, anticipating the onset of quantitative studies and dating techniques. The volume's objective is to describe and analyse many of the developments that provide a foundation for the rich and varied subject matter of contemporary geomorphology. The volume is in part a celebration of the late Professor Richard Chorley, who devised its structure and contributed a chapter.
Author : John Gerrard
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0262071282
Using examples chosen from a variety of geographical settings and scales, A. J. Gerrard presents a novel approach to the study of mountain environments. He provides a framework in which mountains as special environments can be studied and shows how, no matter what their location or origin all mountain regions share common characteristics and undergo similar shaping processes. Gerrard's integrated approach combines ecological, climatological, hydrological, volcanic, and environmental management concerns in a systematic treatment of mountain geomorphology. He begins by examining the special nature of mountains, including a new classification of mountain types. He discusses mountain ecosystems, stressing the interaction between biota, soil, climate, relief, and geology, examines the high-energy systems of weathering and mass movement, and analyzes the role of rivers and hydrology and the processes of slope evolution. Two chapters are devoted to the particular characteristics of glaciation and vulcanism in mountain formation. The book concludes with a discussion of the special problems that human use of mountain regions create, including engineering, natural hazards, soil erosion, and the concept of integrated development. A. J. Gerrard is Lecturer in Geography at the University of Birmingham, England
Author : New Haven Free Public Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
ISBN : UIUC:30112071093717
Author : Robert P. Beckinsale,Richard J. Chorley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134935161
This volume provides a global treatment of historical and regional geomorphic work as it developed from the end of the nineteenth century to the hiatus of the Second World War. The book deals with the burgeoning of the eustatic theory, the concepts of isostasy and epeirogeny, and the first complete statements of the cycle of erosion and of polycyclic denudation chronology.
