The Elements of Geology

THE ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY - BY WILLIAM HARMON NORTON - PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY IN CORNELL COLLEGE - PREFACE

WILLIAM HARMON NORTON - CORNELL COLLEGE, MOUNT VERNON, IOWA - JULY, 1905 - INTRODUCTORY NOTE

W. M. DAVIS - HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - JULY, 1905 - INTRODUCTION.—THE SCOPE AND AIM OF GEOLOGY - PART I - EXTERNAL GEOLOGICAL AGENCIES - I. THE WORK OF THE WEATHER II. THE WORK OF GROUND WATER III. RIVERS AND VALLEYS IV. RIVER DEPOSITS V. THE WORK OF GLACIERS VI. THE WORK OF THE WIND VII. THE SEA AND ITS SHORES VIII. OFFSHORE AND DEEP-SEA DEPOSITS - PART II - INTERNAL GEOLOGICAL AGENCIES - IX. MOVEMENTS OF THE EARTH'S CRUST X. EARTHQUAKES XI. VOLCANOES XII. UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES OF IGNEOUS ORIGIN XIII. METAMORPHISM AND MINERAL VEINS - PART III - HISTORICAL GEOLOGY - XIV. THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD XV. THE PRE-CAMBRIAN SYSTEMS XVI. THE CAMBRIAN XVII. THE ORDOVICIAN AND SILURIAN XVIII. THE DEVONIAN XIX. THE CARBONIFEROUS XX. THE MESOZOIC XXI. THE TERTIARY XXII. THE QUATERNARY INDEX - THE ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY - INTRODUCTION - THE SCOPE AND AIM OF GEOLOGY

PART I - EXTERNAL GEOLOGICAL AGENCIES - CHAPTER I - THE WORK OF THE WEATHER

THE CHEMICAL WORK OF WATER

AGENTS OF MECHANICAL DISINTEGRATION

ORGANIC AGENTS

THE MANTLE OF ROCK WASTE

MOVEMENTS OF THE MANTLE OF ROCK WASTE

ROCK SCULPTURE BY WEATHERING