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Rocks and Their Origins
Grenville Arthur James Cole
Every stone has a story, and Cole reads them plainly. He explains how limestones form from solution and from living remains, how marble is made, where sandstones come from, and how rock shapes the scenery around us. A clear, elegant introduction to the making of the earth's crust. Look at a cliff or a cottage wall and know how it came to be.
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42 chapters
- 1PREFACE
- 2CONTENTS
- 3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4CHAPTER I ON ROCKS IN GENERAL
- 5LIST OF THE COMMON MINERALS THAT FORM ROCKS
- 6CHAPTER II THE LIMESTONES
- 7INTRODUCTION
- 8LIMESTONES DEPOSITED FROM SOLUTION
- 9LIMESTONES FORMED OF ORGANIC REMAINS
- 10ALTERED FORMS OF MASSIVE LIMESTONE
- 11LIMESTONE AND SCENERY
- 12ON MARBLES
- 13CHAPTER III THE SANDSTONES
- 14THE ORIGIN OF SANDS
- 15THE CEMENTING OF SANDS
- 16THE SAND-GRAINS OF SANDSTONE
- 17SOME CHARACTERS OF SANDSTONE
- 18SILICEOUS CONGLOMERATES
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