An Introduction to Stratigraphy (British Isles) (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Introduction to Stratigraphy (British Isles) Still, there is a via media, and the writer feels convinced that a mass of facts which has been assimilated as a natural result of a vivid mental picture of the causes will be likely to remain even if the picture be afterwards seen to be faulty in many respects. Again, it is to be feared that some writers will find in this book some of their own pet theories almost, if not completely, ignored. That must remain largely a personal matter. In some cases a particular point of view has been selected, to the exclusion of others perhaps equally possible, when from that point, in the writer's opinion, the most comprehensive view of the whole could be obtained. In the references to the Palæontological side of the subject, emphasis has been laid especially on the general character of faunas, their separation into groups, their relation to one another and their movements rather than on the individual species of fossils characterizing each particular bed. Having thus sketched the outlook of the book, a few remarks may be added concerning its scope. It is written primarily for those taking Geology as one of the subjects for a Degree of a British University. An attempt has also been made to render it a serviceable text-book for those specializing in Geology or entering for an Honours Degree, by the introduction of detailed matter in smaller type and by the inclusion of references. It must not, however, be presumed that the part in smaller type is not of general importance. It is always difficult to tell an Honours candidate what to read in the matter of original work. It is to some extent dependent on the student, s natural tastes, to a large extent on the personal interests of the teacher. In this book references have been limited to those papers which could be profitably read by any senior student. As far as possible they have been restricted to publications in well-known journals: papers appearing in the Transactions or Proceedings of local Natural History Societies, however valuable, are so frequently inaccessible to the student that it seemed better to ignore them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.