Introducing stratigraphy

The extraordinary and beautiful scenery of the Northern Scottish Highlands has been created by a geological history lasting over 3 billion years. This is an illustrated geological history of those years, showing the rocks, visiting the places and introduces famous researchers and their theories that...

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Main Author Lyle, Paul (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Edinburgh : Dunedin Academic Press, [2019]
SeriesIntroducing Earth and environmental sciences.
Subjects
Geology, Stratigraphic.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781780465593
1780465599
9781780465609
1780465602
1780466366
9781780466361
1523126167
9781523126163
9781780460222
1780460228
Physical Description1 online resource (ix, 133 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: what is stratigraphy?
  • The historical development of stratigraphy
  • Time's Arrow and Time's Cycle: Uniformitarianism and Catastrophism in stratigraphy
  • The quantification of the stratigraphic column: absolute time
  • An integrated account of the stratigraphic column
  • The definition of stratigraphic units and the Golden Spike
  • The application of stratigraphy

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