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Title
A Treatise on Geology
, Volume 2
Author
John Phillips
Year
1852
Publisher
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans'
Location
London
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CONTENTS.
TO
THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER VI.
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continued.
HISTORICAL VIEW OF STRATIFIED ROCKS.
Page
Post-Tertiary Strata
,
continued.
Fluviatile and Lacustrine Deposits
1
Ancient Valley Formations
2
Fluviatile Deposits in
3
Rock Terraces in
6
Fluviatile Deposits
8
Waste of the Earth's Surface
9
Effects of Rain
10
Effects of Frost
11
Effects of Springs
19
Effects of Rivers
20
Lakes on the Course of Rivers
23
Deep Lakes on the Course of a River
24
New Lands at the Mouths of Rivers
27
Estuary and Shore Deposits
31
Lacustrine Deposits
36
Classification of Fossil Mammalia
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Eocene or Lower Tertiary Period
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Organic Remains of the Paris Basin
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Organic Remains of the Quarries of Binstead
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Middle Tertiary Period
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Fossil Remains of the upper Freshwater Beds of the Paris Basin
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Organic Remains of various Freshwater Beds
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Lakes of the Pleiocene and Diluvial Period
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Fossil Mammalia of the upper Val d'Arno
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Series of Deposits in the upper Val d'Arno
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Series of Deposits at Bielbecks
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Organic Remains at Bielbecks
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Fossil Shells of the Valley of the Thames
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Charlesworth's Classification of Mammaliferous Strata
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Modern Lacustrine Deposits
53
Analysis of the Deposition
55
Subterranean and Submarine Forests
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Buried Trees on the Course of a River
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Series of Beds associated with Tin Ore at Sandrycock, Cornwall
60
Turf Moors
62
Antiquity of Subterranean Forests
64
General Considerations
68
CHAP. VII.
UNSTRATIFIED ROCKS IN THE CRUST OF THE EARTH.
General Remarks
71
Igneous Origin
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Geological Age
72
Composition
72
Mineral Composition of Unstratified Rocks
80
Scrope's Synopsis of Volcanic Rocks.─Trachyte
83
Greystone.─Basalt
84
Elements of the Old Rocks of Fusion.─Division I. Felspathic
84
Division II.─Hornblende, Augite, &c Felspathic
84
Division III. Hornblendic, Augitic, &c.
85
Mixed Rocks
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Gradations among Igneous Rocks
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Chemical Composition of the Rocks of Igneous Origin
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Analysis of Minerals in Igneous Products
91
Table of Varieties of Mica
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Table of Varieties of Granite
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Table of Varieties of Sienite
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Table of Combinations of Felspar
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Analysis of Serpentine
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Table of Felspathic Compounds analogous to Granite
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Analyses of Pumice, compact Lava of Calabria, Basalt
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Exterior Forms of the Masses of Igneous Rocks
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Interposed Beds
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Overlying Masses
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Fissures
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Dykes
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Veins
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Internal Divisions of Igneous Rocks
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Phenomena Observed where Igneous Rocks come in contact with Stratified Masses
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Induration of Stratified Rocks
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Alteration of the Structure of Rocks by Heat
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Metamorphic Rocks
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Re-arrangement of the Particles of Rocks
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Alteration of the Chemical Nature of Rocks
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Dolomitic Limestone
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Generation of New Minerals
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Metamorphic Slates
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Succession of Metamorphic Slates
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Metamorphic Mica Schist, Gneiss, &c.
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Relative Antiquity of Pyrogeuous Rocks
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Table of the Principal Disturbances of the Stratification of the British Islands, with the Igneous Rocks observed in connection therewith
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Class I.─Before the Deposition of Old Red Sandstone
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Class II.─Before the Deposition of the Lias
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Class III.─Before the Deposition of the Lower Green Sand
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Class IV.─Since the Deposition of the Chalk
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CHAP. VIII.
MINERAL VEINS.
Remarks
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Geographical Distribution
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Occurrence of Mineral Veins near Centres of Igneous Action
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Relations of Veins to the Substance and Structure of the Neighbouring Rocks
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Relation of Veins to each other
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First Class.─Oldest Tin Veins
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Second Class.─More recent Tin Lodes
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Third Class.─Oldest East and West Copper Lodes
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Fourth Class.─Contra Copper Lodes
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Fifth Class.─Cross Courses
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Sixth Class.─More recent Copper Lodes
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Seventh Class.─Cross Flukans
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Eighth Class.─Slides
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Deposits of Metallic Veins in Cornwall
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Theory of Mineral Veins
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Veins are of posterior Date to the Rocks which they traverse
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Description of Huel Peever Vein
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Origin of Vein Fissures
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Filling of the Fissures
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Recapitulation
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CHAP. IX.
MODERN EFFECTS OF HEAT ON THE GLOBE.
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Remarks
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Volcanic Action
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Origin of Volcanos
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Volcanos in Action
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Dispersion of Ashes, Stones, Mud, &c.
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Extinction of Volcanos
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Extinct Volcanos
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Geographical Distribution of Volcanos.
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Asiatic Volcanos
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American Volcanos
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African Volcanos
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Australian
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Indian Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
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Geological Age of Volcanos
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Volcanic Eruption Forces.─Earthquakes
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Ejection of Ashes and Stones
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New Mountains formed
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New Islands raised
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Earthquakes
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Hypotheses of Volcanic Action
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Thermal Springs
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Warm Springs of the British Islands, yielding Nitrogen, &c.
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Warm Springs of a Part of Germany, &c., yielding Carbonic Acid, &c.
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Warm Springs of the Pyrenees
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Warm Springs of Volcanic Countries
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Summary of their Geological Relations to existing Volcanos
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Experimental Inquiries into the Heat of the Globe
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First Class of Experiments.—Metalliferous Veins
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Tables of Temperatures of Water at different Depths in the Mines of Freyberg
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Account of Temperatures of Water at different Depths in various Countries
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Second Class of Experiments.—Stratified Rocks
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Account of the Temperatures of Water at various Depths in different Mines
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Cordier's Summary of Observations in the Coal Mines of Carmeaux, Littry, and Decise
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Summary of Observations on Subterranean Temperatures in Rocks
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Third Class of Experiments.—Artesian Wells
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Tables of Temperatures of Water, with Mean Results
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CHAP. X.
STATE OF GEOLOGICAL THEORY.
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General Observations
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Physical Geography
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Distribution of Land and Sea
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Heights and Depths
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Displacements of Stratified Rocks
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Direction
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Production of Longitudinal Fissures
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Formation of Transverse Fissures
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Formation of Fissures in a Conical Elevation
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Faults
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Periods of Ordinary and Critical Action
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Primary Period.—Carboniferous Period
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Oolitic and Cretaceous.—Periods Eocene Period of Mr. Lyell
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Modern Period of Ordinary Action
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Climate
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Conclusion
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CHAP. XI.
POPULAR VIEWS AND ECONOMICAL APPLICATIONS OF GEOLOGY.
Introductory Remarks
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Aspect of the Earth's Surface
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Outline of Land and Sea
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Undulations of the Interior
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Scenery
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Economical Applications of Geology
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Agriculture
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Construction of Roads, Railways, Canals, &c.
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Building Materials
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Coal and other Mineral Products
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