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- Title
- Geology and mineralogy, considered with reference to natural theology
- Description
- William Buckland and his Oxford compatriot and collaborator William Conybeare were early adapters of the newly emerging science of “stratigraphy”. The phrase was derived from William Smith’s work (see Maps and Cross-Sections), but could be equally applied to the new methods of investigating the Earth’s layers conducted by Cuvier and Brongniart in the Paris Basin. In a paper first published in 1822, but reproduced here in Buckland’s Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology (1836), Buckland and Conybeare applied stratigraphic principles (i.e., the use of fossils to classify distinct rock layers) to the Bristol coalfields of southwestern England. An important discovery was that several unique episodes of folding and erosion had occurred within the Secondary units, highlighting a distinct and complex history for a specific region. The more accurate details of the layers at depth, as well as the geohistorical significance of this figure, highlights important advancements since the earlier Whitehurst image.
- Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
- 210 B76 v.6 1837
- See Also
- Full Text Available at HathiTrust
- Authors
- Buckland, William
- Full Title
- Geology and mineralogy, considered with reference to natural theology
- Date
- 1837
- From the Exhibit
- In Search of Lost Time: History in the Layers of the Earth
- Series
- Treatise 6
- Publisher
- William Pickering
- Location
- London
- Language
- English
- Rights
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- Text
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Medium
- Book
- Bibliographic Citation
- Buckland, William. Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology. London: William Pickering, 1837.