The Silurian System, Founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford

E531924
19th-century book geological treatise scientific monograph

"The Silurian System" is a landmark 19th-century geological treatise by Roderick Murchison that established and described the Silurian period through detailed stratigraphic studies in parts of England and Wales.

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instanceOf 19th-century book ⓘ
geological treatise ⓘ
scientific monograph ⓘ
author Roderick Impey Murchison NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 19th century ⓘ
contains descriptions of fossil faunas ⓘ
geological maps and sections ⓘ
lithological descriptions of rock units ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
discipline Earth sciences ⓘ
field geology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
focus Silurian stratigraphy ⓘ
fossil assemblages ⓘ
paleozoic rock formations ⓘ
geologicalEraDescribed Paleozoic ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational text for the study of the Silurian period ⓘ
landmark work in 19th-century geology ⓘ
influenced development of Paleozoic stratigraphy ⓘ
subsequent geological mapping in Britain ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Silurian System NERFINISHED ⓘ
Silurian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
methodology field mapping ⓘ
paleontological analysis ⓘ
stratigraphic correlation ⓘ
placeOfResearch Brecon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caermarthen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hereford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Radnor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salop NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stafford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionDescribed England NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Roderick Impey Murchison NERFINISHED ⓘ
Silurian System (geologic period) NERFINISHED ⓘ
scientificContribution established the Silurian period as a distinct geological system ⓘ
helped formalize the concept of geological periods ⓘ
provided detailed stratigraphic descriptions of Silurian rocks in Britain ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed Silurian NERFINISHED ⓘ

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