 Not merely the earth's crust, but the whole of earth-knowledge is the subject of our research. To know all that can be known about our planet, this, and nothing less than this, is its aim and scope. From the morphological side geology inquires, not only...  Bulletin of the Geological Society of America - Page 117by Geological Society of America - 1902Full view - About this book
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