Geology
Geology
作者：Geikie, James, 1839-1915
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共 62 题- CHAMBERS'S ELEMENTARY SCIENCE MANUALS.
- GEOLOGY
- BY
- JAMES GEIKIE, LL.D., F.R.S.
- PREFACE.
- NOTE BY THE AUTHOR.
- CONTENTS.
- CLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS 8
- PHYSIOGRAPHY 74
- PALAEONTOLOGY 77
- HISTORICAL GEOLOGY 84
- QUESTIONS 89
- INTRODUCTORY.
- MINERALOGY.
- ROCK-FORMING MINERALS.
- PETROLOGY.[C]
- MECHANICALLY FORMED ROCKS.
- CHEMICALLY FORMED ROCKS.
- ORGANICALLY DERIVED ROCKS.
- METAMORPHIC ROCKS.
- IGNEOUS ROCKS.
- ACIDIC OR FELSPATHIC GROUP.
- AUGITIC AND HORNBLENDIC OR BASIC GROUP.
- STRUCTURE AND ARRANGEMENT OF ROCK-MASSES.
- MINERAL VEINS.
- DYNAMICAL GEOLOGY.
- THE ATMOSPHERE.
- WATER.
- GEOLOGICAL ACTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
- SUBTERRANEAN FORCES.
- METAMORPHISM.
- PHYSIOGRAPHY.
- PALAEONTOLOGY.[F]
- HISTORICAL GEOLOGY.
- QUESTIONS.
- 2. Define the term _rock_. How many classes of rock are there?
- 7. Give an example of a chemically formed rock.
- 8. Give examples of organically derived rocks.
- 9. What kinds of rocks are embraced by the Metamorphic class?
- 10. What are igneous rocks?
- 12. What is the mineralogical composition of granite?
- 13. What is meant by a _mineral_?
- 19. Name some typical Eolian rocks, and tell where they occur.
- 22. Name some of the varieties of coal.
- 23. What is _quartzite_?
- 24. Describe _clay-slate_.
- 25. Mention some altered limestones.
- 27. What is the general character of metamorphic rocks?
- 28. How would you classify granite?
- 29. What is the mineralogical composition of _syenite_ and _diorite_?
- 35. What is _false bedding_?
- 37. What is meant by a _succession of strata_?
- 39. How do beds terminate?
- 43. What is _foliation_?
- 46. What is meant by an _inversion of strata_?
- 49. What is _overlap_?
- 57. What are the great geological agents of change?
- 62. Describe the geological action of rain.
- 65. How is sediment deposited by a river in a lake?
- 73. What, generally, is the geological action of animal life?
- THE END.
- Transcriber's Notes