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Alexander Winchell. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field
Walks and Talks in the Geological Field
Table of Contents
PREFACE
WALKS AND TALKS
I. FACTS; OR, THE RECORD GIVEN US TO READ
AMONG THE ROCKS. I. The Geology at our Doors
SURFACE MATERIALS
II. Lost Rocks
BOWLDERS
III. The Gravel Pit
ARRANGEMENT OF THE DRIFT
IV. Among the Glaciers
GEOLOGICAL ACTION OF GLACIERS
V. The Hillside Spring and its Work
SUBTERRANEAN WATERS AND THEIR DEPOSITS
VI. Introduction to the Rocks
KINDS OF MINERALS AND STONES
VII. The Floods of the Great Lakes
LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS AND TERRACES
VIII. The Mud Flat
SEDIMENTATION
IX. The River Gorge
EROSION
X. A Walk Under the Sea
WHAT GOES ON IN THE OCEAN DEPTHS
XI. By the Rocky Wall
STRATA AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION
XII. Mysterious Forms of Life
FOSSILS
TABLE OF GEOLOGICAL HISTORY
XIII. Courses of the Earth’s Masonry
HOW THE FORMATIONS ARE ARRANGED
XIV. A Walk in the Yellowstone Park
THERMAL WATERS
XV. Among the Volcanoes
INDICATIONS OF INTERNAL FIRES
XVI. Frozen Seas of Lava
ANCIENT LAVAS
XVII. Imprisoned Heat
INTERNAL CONDITION OF THE EARTH
XVIII. The Unstable Land
PHENOMENA AND CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKES
XIX. The Framework of the Mountains
MOUNTAIN STRUCTURES
XX. How the Mountain Framework is Reared
MOUNTAIN FORMATION
XXI. Down in a Mine
MODES OF OCCURRENCE OF THE METALS
XXII. The King of Metals
IRON AND ITS GEOLOGY
XXIII. The Crystals of the Sea
SALT AND GYPSUM
XXIV. Liquid Sunlight
PETROLEUM
XXV. Gaseous Sunlight
NATURAL GAS—ITS WONDERS AND ITS GEOLOGY
XXVI. Solidified Sunlight
COAL AND COAL-BEDS
AMONG THE FOSSILS
XXVII. Monsters of a Buried World
EXTINCT QUATERNARY MAMMALS
XXVIII. The Cemeteries of the Bad Lands
TERTIARY FOSSILS
XXIX. Lesson from a Lump of Chalk
MESOZOIC ROCKS AND FOSSILS
XXX. Lone Burials in the Coal Lands
COAL-MEASURE FOSSILS
XXXI. Terrible Fishes and their Companions
REMAINS OF THE DEVONIAN AGE
XXXII. Ancestry of the Pearly Nautilus
SILURIAN REMAINS
XXXIII. The King Crab’s Grandfather and Other Grandfathers
CAMBRIAN FOSSILS
XXXIV. Earth’s Deepest Graves
THE EOZOIC ANIMAL
XXXV. An Earlier Beginning
INTIMATIONS OF A FIERY ÆON
II. Historical Glimpses; OR, STORY OF THE WORLD SET IN ORDER
XXXVI. Gathering World Stuff
WANDERING GERMS OF WORLDS
XXXVII. The Whirling Fire-mist
NEBULAR THEORY OF WORLD ORIGIN
XXXVIII. The Primeval Storm
ORIGIN OF THE OCEAN
XXXIX. The War in the Ocean
THE EARLIEST STRATA
XL. The World Without a Backbone
REIGN OF INVERTEBRATES
XLI. The Dynasty of Fishes
DEVONIAN AND CARBONIFEROUS TIMES
XLII. Scenes from the Coal Period
HOW THE COAL BEDS WERE FORMED
XLIII. The Reptile Monarchies
MESOZOIC EVENTS
XLIV. Mammalian Rule
CÆNOZOIC TIMES
XLV. Anticipation and Retrospect In Life Plans
COMPREHENSIVE TYPES
I. From Running-Birds Back to Reptiles
II. From Carinate Birds Back to Reptiles
XLVI. The Throes of the Continent
HOW THE LAND GREW
XLVII. The Reign of Ice
CONTINENTAL GLACIATION
XLVIII. A Geologic Spring Time
INCIDENTS OF THE CHAMPLAIN EPOCH
XLIX. The Earth Receives Her King
THE ADVENT OF MAN
III. RETROSPECT; OR, HOW THE STORY OF THE WORLD IMPRESSES US
L. The Abyss of Centuries
THE AGE OF THE WORLD
LI. The Method of Creation
THE QUESTION OF EVOLUTION
LII. The Human Factor in the World’s Vicissitudes
MAN IN THE LIGHT OF SCIENCE
LIII. Mind in Matter
THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE
LIV. One Empire
THE UNITY OF NATURE
I. SYNOPTICAL VIEW. OF THE. Classification of Plants and Animals
I. PLANTS
Series I. Cryptogams
Series II. Phanerogams
II. ANIMALS
II. Citations for Further Information
III. Other Works by the Author of this Book
INDEX
