The fabric of geology. [electronic resource] Prepared under the direction of a committee of the Geological Society of America, in commemoration of the society's 75th anniversary.
By: Albritton, Claude C [ed.].
Contributor(s): Geological Society of America.
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TextPublisher: Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. [1963]Description: x, 372 p. illus. 25 cm.Subject(s): Geology | GéologieDDC classification: 550.82 Online resources: Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library Includes bibliographical references.
James Hutton and the philosophy of geology, by D. B. McIntyre.--Geologic laws, by W. H. Bradley.--Historical science, by G. G. Simpson.--The theory of geology, by D. B. Kitts.--Geology as the study of complex natural experiments, by V. E. McKelvey.--Correlation by fossils, by A. O. Woodford.--Precision and resolution in geochronometry, by D. B. McIntyre.--Rational and empirical methods of investigation in geology, by J. H. Mackin.--Role of classification in geology, by M. L. Hill.--Simplicity in structural geology, by C. A. Anderson.--Association and indeterminacy in geomorphology, by L. B. Leopold and W. B. Langbeln.--Geologic communication, by F. Betz, Jr.--The scientific philosophy of G. K. Gilbert, by J. Gilluly.--Nature and significance of geological maps, by M. M. Harrison.--Philosophical aspects of the geological sciences, by A. F. Hagner.--Geology in the service of man, by R. F. Legget.--Philosophy of geology: a selected bibliography and index, by C. C. Albritton, Jr. (p. 262-363)