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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We have said that Darwin's hypothesis is the natural complement to Lyell's uniformitarian theory in physical geology.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray
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 Sir Charles Lyell
In 1544 he published the De ortu et causis subterraneorum, in which he laid the first foundations of a physical geology, and criticized the theories of the ancients.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
In the field he had compared Studer's meagre sections, and consulted the available authorities on physical geology, though he had never entered upon the more popular sister-science of palaeontology.
From The Life of John Ruskin by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
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