Siluria
Roderick Murchison · 1854
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Description
Roderick Murchison, a British geologist, named the Silurian system after an ancient Welsh tribe. His Siluria, published in 1854, sums up years of fieldwork in Wales and beyond. It is the founding text for one great slice of earth's past.
Murchison maps the old rock layers and the fossils that mark them. He traces the same system through England, Europe, and America. The work fixed the order of the oldest fossil-bearing rocks and gave geology a firm time scale. Later disputes over its borders only showed how central the book was. Welsh hills and quarries supply many of his best proofs.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Roderick Murchison |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1854 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1291 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |
Source: https://archive.org/details/siluriahistoryof00murc_0