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020			_a9781139226875 (ebook)
020			_z9781108049498 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
100	1		_aHumboldt, Alexander von, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA Geognostical Essay on the Superposition of Rocks in Both Hemispheres / _cAlexander von Humboldt.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c2012.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (494 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Earth Science
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aThe explorer and multi-disciplinary scientist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a prominent figure in the European scientific community of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the first to make a scientific survey of South and Central America. His travels alone brought him widespread recognition, but the extensive field notes and research he undertook were developed further on his return. Originally published in French and translated in 1823, this work brought his geological speculations to a British audience. Humboldt explores the positioning of different types of rocks across the globe, and the causes behind these formations. He also hypothesises that the flora of these areas are affected by the geology, which in turn is influenced by the thermal currents of the earth's molten core. These insights into rock formations are also key to Humboldt's theory of continental drift, now recognised as resulting from the shifting of the continental plates.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108049498
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pEarth Science.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139226875
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