This book unites topics in geology, comprising both historical and present-day knowledge. Drawing from ongoing discoveries in the field, the author challenges assumptions of earlier geologists who believed former geologic processes had no similarity to those of today. Instead, the author presents evidence from the present to show that past geologic events can be understood through the study of current processes. This study forms a vital part of geology, providing essential context and explanation for understanding the numerous phenomena recorded in the earth's geologic record.
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In this third and final volume, Charles Lyell (1797-1875) devotes much attention to the 'syntax of geology, ' that is, to a way of reconstructing the geological past on the basis of the 'grammar' of the present processes he has described in the earlier volumes. Martin J. S. Rudwick has compiled a bibliography giving full references for the sources Lyell cites in all three volumes of the Principles.
1797-1875
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