Rocks and Their Origins
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Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. This volume contains the 1922 second edition of Grenville A. J. Cole's Rocks and their Origins, first published in 1912. Intended for non-specialists, the book offers six concise chapters on various rock types, their characteristics, and their formation.
Chapters (42)
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I ON ROCKS IN GENERAL
- LIST OF THE COMMON MINERALS THAT FORM ROCKS
- CHAPTER II THE LIMESTONES
- INTRODUCTION
- LIMESTONES DEPOSITED FROM SOLUTION
- LIMESTONES FORMED OF ORGANIC REMAINS
- ALTERED FORMS OF MASSIVE LIMESTONE
- LIMESTONE AND SCENERY
- ON MARBLES
- CHAPTER III THE SANDSTONES
- THE ORIGIN OF SANDS
- THE CEMENTING OF SANDS
- THE SAND-GRAINS OF SANDSTONE
- SOME CHARACTERS OF SANDSTONE
- SILICEOUS CONGLOMERATES
- SANDSTONE AND THE LAND-SURFACE
- CHAPTER IV CLAYS, SHALES, AND SLATES
- CHARACTERS OF CLAY AND SHALE
- ORIGIN OF CLAYS
- SLATE
- ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS IN THE FIELD
- ON BOULDER-CLAY
- CHAPTER V IGNEOUS ROCKS
- INTRODUCTION[58]
- CHARACTERS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS
- THE INTRUSION OF LARGE BODIES OF IGNEOUS ROCK
- THE RANGE OF COMPOSITION IN IGNEOUS ROCKS
- THE SCENERY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS
- CHAPTER VI METAMORPHIC ROCKS
- INTRODUCTION[92]
- MICA AND HORNBLENDE SCHISTS
- AMPHIBOLITES
- METAMORPHIC MARBLES AND QUARTZITES
- GNEISSES
- THE QUESTION OF A FUNDAMENTAL GNEISS
- METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND SCENERY
- REFERENCES
- TABLE OF STRATIGRAPHICAL SYSTEMS
- INDEX
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