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Title: The Economic Aspect of Geology

Author: C. K. Leith

Release Date: January 19, 2009 [EBook #27842]

Language: English

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THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF GEOLOGY

C. K. LEITH

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

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NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1921

BY

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

_August, 1923_

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1

SURVEY OF FIELD 1

ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS OF THE SEVERAL BRANCHES OF GEOLOGY
AND OF OTHER SCIENCES 3
Mineralogy and petrology 3
Stratigraphy and paleontology 4
Structural geology 5
Physiography 6
Rock alterations or metamorphism 10
Application of other sciences 10

TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECT IN THIS VOLUME 11

CHAPTER II. THE COMMON ELEMENTS, MINERALS, AND
ROCKS OF THE EARTH AND THEIR ORIGINS 13

RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF THE
LITHOSPHERE 13

RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL MINERALS OF THE
LITHOSPHERE 14

RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL ROCKS OF THE LITHOSPHERE 16

WATER (HYDROSPHERE) 18

SOILS AND CLAYS 18