Siluria: the history of the oldest known rocks containing organic remains

Roderick Impey Murchison

Murray, 1854 - 523 pages

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 1
• Gsonoorcn Mar Frontispicce: 15
• General Order of the Primeval Rocks 22 Silurian Rocks of Marloes Bay Pem: 66
• General Character of the Upper Silurian Rocks as divided into the Wenlock: 67
• Pass of Llanberis from the Lower Noeth Griig: 72
• Hymenocaris vermicauda Salter Liu Llandeilo Scliists supporting Caradoc: 79
• The Wenlock Formation of Shale and Limestone with its chief Fossils described: 82
• Section at Llandewi Felfrey Pem Caradoc Fossils: 86
• Volcanic Breccia 56 Flags and Upper Silurian near: 92
• Altemations of Llandeilo Flags and stone beneath and the Old lied: 102
• The Ludlow Formation General Character of Its Subdivision in the Typical Dis: 124
• SILURIAIN Rocns or BRITAIN maroim run T1n1c m REGION or Exouxn mm: 144
• 184: 150
• CHAP VIII: 192
• CHAP IX: 198
• SILURIAN Rocxs: 207
• Section from the Top of the Silurian: 246
• Section across North Devon: 258
• Great Primeval Flora the Source of the Old Coal Deposits General View of these: 267
• General Relations ofthe Carboniferous: 275
• Insect and Shells of the Coal: 286
• Changes of the Surface before the Permian Deposits were accumulated Origin: 289
• The Gurmaya Hills of the South Ural: 294
• Permian Rocks of Britain: 301
• Permian Shells: 309
• n u VIEW or THE SILURIAN Davoiwnm up CARBONXFEROUB Rocigs: 316
• Succession in Norway: 319
• General Sketch of the Character of the Older Rocks extending westwards from: 336
• Siwnuw DEVONIAN AND CABBONIFEROUB ROCKS or FB1CE SPAIN PORTU: 383
• Order of the Pnlieozoic Strata in South America the United States and British: 408
• Ox HIE ORIGINAL FORMATION on Goi 1 um irs Srrissaqiiam DISTRIBUTION: 431
• APPENDIX: 461
• A Vertical Range of Silurian Fossils: 485
• Traces of Vegetable Matter in the Silurian and older Rocks: 492
• N Palaaozoic Rocks in Asia Minor: 499
• INDEX: 507
• 243: 508
• 296: 515

Bibliographic information

• Title: Siluria: the history of the oldest known rocks containing organic remains
• Author: Roderick Impey Murchison
• Publisher: Murray, 1854
• Original from: Lyon Public Library
• Digitized: Aug 11, 2011
• Length: 523 pages