Geology in the Nineteenth Century : : Changing Views of a Changing World / / Mott T. Greene.

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• VerfasserIn: Greene, Mott T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2017]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell History of Science
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)

In this clear and comprehensive introduction to developments in geological theory during the nineteenth century, Mott T. Greene asserts that the standard accounts of nineteenth-century geology, which dwell on the work of Anglo-American scientists, have obscured the important contributions of Contine...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Foreword
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Hutton and Werner: First Principles
• Chapter 2. The Convergence of Geognosy and Geology, 1802 -1818
• Chapter 3. Elie de Beaumont and the First Global Tectonics
• Chapter 4. The Origin of Mountain Ranges : European Debate, 1830 - 1874
• Chapter 5. The Debate in North America, 1840 - 1873
• Chapter 6. The Problem of the Alps and a Solution : Eduard Suess, 1875
• Chapter 7. The Face of the Earth: Eduard Suess and the Second Global Tectonics
• Chapter 8. The Nappe Theory in the Alps : Tectonics over Physics, 1878 - 1903
• Chapter 9. New Orogenic Theory and Intercontinental Correlation
• Chapter 10. The Decline of the Contraction Theory : The Challenge from Geophysics , 1870 - 1909
• Chapter 11. Thomas C. Chamberlin and the Third Global Tectonics
• Chapter 12. Radioactivity, Continental Drift, and the Fourth Global Tectonics , 1908 - 1912
• Epilogue
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index