physical geology
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The rest of this chapter is devoted to a brief overview of a few of the important aspects of physical geology, starting with minerals and rocks.
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There seems, then, no escape from the admission that neither physical geology, nor palaeontology, possesses any method by which the absolute synchronism of two strata can be demonstrated.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry
Is palaeontology able to succeed where physical geology fails?
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry
Possessed of abundant leisure and ample means he travelled far and wide, patiently collecting material and building up the modern science of physical geology, whose foundations had been laid by Hutton and Playfair.
From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Is palæontology able to succeed where physical geology fails?
From Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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