# Rocks and Their Origins

Author: Cole, Grenville A. J. (Grenville Arthur James), 1859-1924

Genre: Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67685

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Rocks+and+Their+Origins+Cole&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The description of rocks has fallen very much into the hands of lovers of analysis and classification, and attention has been diverted, even among geologists, from their fundamental importance as parts of the earth's crust. The geographer or the general traveller may often wish for closer acquaintance with the units that build up the scenery around him. The characters of rocks again and again control the features of the landscape. When studied more nearly, these same characters imply conditions of deposition or solidification, and lead the mind back to still older landscapes, and to the meeting of oceans and continents on long-forgotten shores. Petrology, indeed, involves the understandin...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/rocks-and-their-origins-67685/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/rocks-and-their-origins-67685/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/rocks-and-their-origins-67685/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/rocks-and-their-origins-67685/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/rocks-and-their-origins-67685/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/rocks-and-their-origins-67685/chapters/1/index.md)