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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Geological Society of America
Other Authors: Albritton, Claude C., 1913-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Reading, Mass : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., [1963]
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: James Hutton and the philosophy of geology, by D. B. McIntyre
  • Geologic laws, by W. H. Bradley
  • Historical science, by G. G. Simpson
  • The theory of geology, by D. B. Kitts
  • Geology as the study of complex natural experiments, by V. E. McKelvey
  • Correlation by fossils, by A. O. Woodford
  • Precision and resolution in geochronometry, by D. B. McIntyre
  • Rational and empirical methods of investigation in geology, by J. H. Mackin
  • Role of classification in geology, by M. L. Hill
  • Simplicity in structural geology, by C. A. Anderson
  • Association and indeterminacy in geomorphology, by L. B. Leopold and W. B. Langbeln
  • Geologic communication, by F. Betz, Jr
  • The scientific philosophy of G. K. Gilbert, by J. Gilluly
  • Nature and significance of geological maps, by M. M. Harrison
  • Philosophical aspects of the geological sciences, by A. F. Hagner
  • Geology in the service of man, by R. F. Legget
  • Philosophy of geology: a selected bibliography and index, by C. C. Albritton, Jr. (p.