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    Volume 2
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 March 2012
    16 September 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511740282
    9781108020213
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511740282
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.39kg, 304 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Earth and Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Geomorphology and Physical Geography, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
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    Subjects:
    Earth and Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Geomorphology and Physical Geography, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
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    Sir Charles Lyell (1797–1875) was one of the most renowned geologists of the nineteenth century. His Principles of Geology (also reissued in this series) laid the foundations of evolutionary biology, and greatly influenced Darwin. Lyell's most important contribution to modern geology was his refining and popularising of the concept of uniformitarianism, the idea that the earth has been formed through slow-acting geological forces over billions of years. These volumes, first published in 1845, are the result of Lyell's 1841 lecture tour across the United States and Canada, in the course of which he made many observations on the formation of the American landscape. Using the popular format of a travel diary, Lyell provides vivid and detailed descriptions of North American geology, with discussions of important geological sites. Volume 2 contains his travels in Canada.

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