Project Gutenberg 2013-10-16 Public domain in the USA. 129 Marr, J. E. (John Edward) 1857 1933 Marr, John Edward The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology Produced by Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology" by J. E. Marr is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work is aimed at students of geology, focusing on the methods and scope of stratigraphical geology, particularly the relationships and chronological ordering of sedimentary rock layers. It highlights the challenges faced by geologists in reconstructing Earth's geological history from imperfect records. The opening of the book introduces the concept of stratigraphy as a way to document Earth's history by identifying the sequence of geological events through rock layers' formation and organization. Marr emphasizes the complexities and interconnectedness of geological periods, rejecting outdated notions of catastrophic resets in Earth's history. He outlines the goals of stratigraphical geology, which are to establish the order of strata and analyze the conditions under which they were formed. This foundational introduction sets the stage for discussing various geological principles and methods in later chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 40.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Geology, Stratigraphic QE Text Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 698791 2025-07-17T15:16:48.918001 text/html 665433 2024-10-23T19:03:36 text/html 862616 2025-07-17T15:17:04.930980 application/epub+zip 875224 2025-07-17T15:16:54.363014 application/epub+zip 291029 2025-07-17T15:16:51.778986 application/epub+zip 1281116 2025-07-17T15:17:10.961972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1226394 2025-07-17T15:17:02.473916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 519766 2022-09-20T05:20:39.108660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552343 2023-09-19T07:47:52.129081 text/plain 532476 2024-10-23T19:03:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15597 2025-07-17T15:17:11.158884 application/rdf+xml 16518 2025-07-17T15:16:52.354974 image/jpeg 3696 2025-07-17T15:16:52.070030 image/jpeg 872858 2025-07-17T15:16:49.033054 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia