Dynamic Geology With References To Structural Phenomena In Their Relation To Processes

Author : O. D. Von Engeln
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330194867
Total Pages : 162 pages
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Download or read book Dynamic Geology (With References to Structural Phenomena in Their Relation to Processes) written by O. D. Von Engeln and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dynamic Geology (With References to Structural Phenomena in Their Relation to Processes): A Recitation Text This volume is intended to be used as a recitation text in a course of Dynamic Geology consisting of lectures, laboratory and field observations, and recitation periods. The broader aspects of the subject and its discussional phases may well be presented in lectures with numerous illustrations. Actual experience and knowledge of the material of Geology ought to be gained in the laboratory and by field studies. It is, however, difficult to convey by word of mouth, either in the lecture room or field where students need to take notes while listening, the definite concepts and exact relations that comprise a large body of the science. This can be done much better by means of the diagrams and precise phrases of a printed text since these can be gone over again and again until a given point is clearly understood and not involved in misconceptions due to the speakers language or faulty hearing on part of the student. It is, therefore, intended that students study this text paragraph by paragraph and diagram by diagram and be prepared, at the recitation periods, to give exact and confident answers to questions on the content of the sections assigned. In this way and only in this way can a sound basic knowledge of the subject be gained. The lectures and field experience will then serve to broadly illuminate, point out the wider applications and the limitations of the text definitions. This special text on Dynamic Geology is necessary because the regular elementary geology texts on the market include and intermingle in their chapters consideration of all the other sub-divisions of Geology, viz. Mineralogy, Petrography, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Economic Geology, and Physiography. In the case of Physiography especially this causes confusion and ought to be avoided. Further, Dynamic Geology deals primarily with the processes operative on and in the earth, and a knowledge of these is essential to a proper and appreciative understanding of the other phases of geology. Since in nature, however, there are no exact boundaries; and one natural science, or phase of it, must, therefore, overlap others; so in Dynamic Geology also there must be occasional excursions into, and consideration of some of the other branches of the general subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.