The fabric of geology
By: Prepared under the direction of a committee of the Geological Society of America, in commemoration of the society's 75th anniversary
Contributors: Geological Society of America
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Reading, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Geology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: James Hutton and the philosophy of geology, by D. B. McIntyre.; title: Geologic laws, by W. H. Bradley.; title: Historical science, by G. G. Simpson.; title: The theory of geology, by D. B. Kitts.; title: Geology as the study of complex natural experiments, by V. E. McKelvey.; title: Correlation by fossils, by A. O. Woodford.; title: Precision and resolution in geochronometry, by D. B. McIntyre.; title: Rational and empirical methods of investigation in geology, by J. H. Mackin.; title: Role of classification in geology, by M. L. Hill.; title: Simplicity in structural geology, by C. A. Anderson.; title: Association and indeterminacy in geomorphology, by L. B. Leopold and W. B. Langbeln.; title: Geologic communication, by F. Betz, Jr.; title: The scientific philosophy of G. K. Gilbert, by J. Gilluly.; title: Nature and significance of geological maps, by M. M. Harrison.; title: Philosophical aspects of the geological sciences, by A. F. Hagner.; title: Geology in the service of man, by R. F. Legget.; title: Philosophy of geology: a selected bibliography and index, by C. C. Albritton, Jr. (p. 262-363)