Traité de Géognosie 2 Volume Set
Traité de Géognosie 2 Volume Set
$137.00
USDJean François Aubuisson de Voisins (1769–1841) was a French geologist and engineer who studied under Abraham Gottlob Werner at Freiberg together with Humboldt, von Buch and Jameson. Werner had coined the term geognosy to define a science based on the recognition of the order, position and relation of the layers forming the earth. His theory of the marine origins of the Earth's crust (Neptunism) was widely accepted at the time. Aubuisson however challenged this view, and showed that igneous rocks such as basalt were similar to surface lava flows, and not chemical precipitates of the ocean. His highly successful two-volume Traité de Géognosie, published in 1819, was one of the earliest geology books in French. It describes the earth, its size, atmosphere and oceans, the processes affecting its surface, the different categories of rocks and minerals found in its crust, and how mineral deposits are formed.
Product details
June 2011Multiple copy pack
9781108029728
1249 pages
324 × 250 × 70 mm
1.9kg
2 b/w illus.
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Discours Préliminaire
- Table alphabétique des matières et des auteurs cités
- Introduction
- Partie I. Considérations Générales sur le Globe Terrestre et sur les Masses Minérales qui le Composent:
- 1. De la figure et de la masse du globe terrestre
- 2. Des fluides qui entourent la masse solide du globe
- 3. Des inégalités à la surface du globe
- 4. Des agents qui exercent une action sur la surface du globe, et des dégradations ou changements produits par cette action
- 5. De la structure et de la superposition des masses minérales
- 6. Des changements survenus progressivement dans la formation des masses minérales
- Notes. Volume 2: Partie II. Considérations Particuliêres sur les Diverses Masses Minérales qui Constituent le Globe Terrestre
- Section 1:
- 1. Des terrains primitifs
- 2. Des terrains intermédiaires
- 3. Des terrains secondaires
- 4. Des terrains tertiaires
- 5. Des terrains de transport
- 6. Des terrains volcaniques
- Section 2. 1. Des couches, amas et stockwerks
- 2. Des filons.
