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Cover of: The fabric of geology by Claude C. Albritton
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Cover of: The fabric of geology by Claude C. Albritton

The fabric of geology
Prepared under the direction of a committee of the Geological Society of America, in commemoration of the society's 75th anniversary

Published 1963 by Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. in Reading, Mass .
Written in English.

Table of Contents

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)

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
550.82
Library of Congress
QE35 .A45

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 372 p.
Number of pages
372

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5885008M
Internet Archive
fabricofgeology00albr
LC Control Number
63017126
Library Thing
1008398

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