Abstract
THERE can be nothing duller than the detail of stratigraphical geology and, let us hasten to add, nothing more exciting than the vision of the endless succession of past geographies based upon that detail. In the great pile of sedimentary and igneous rocks that make the earth's crust, there lie records of an ever-changing distribution of lands and seas, of the growth and decay of great mountain ranges, of extreme variations in climate and of the continuous succession of life-forms. Each in its own fashion, the five volumes considered here are notable contributions to this science of palaeogeography.
(1) Die bionomische Einteilung der fossilen Meeresböden
Von Hermann Schmidt. (Fortschritte der Geologie und Palæontologie, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. W. Soergel Band 12, Heft 38.) Pp. vi + 154. (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1935.) 16 gold marks.
(2) Geomorphologie der feuchten Tropen
Von Karl Sapper. (Geographische Schriften, herausgegeben von Alfred Hettner, Heft 7.) Pp. vi + 154 + 4 plates. (Leipzig und Berlin: B. G Teubner, 1935.) 6 gold marks.
(3) Géologie stratigraphique
Par Prof. Maurice Gignoux. Deuxième édition entièrement refondue. Pp. vii + 709. (Paris: Masson et Cie., 1936.) 95 francs.
(4) Paläogeographie und Tektonik
Von Prof. Dr. Franz Kossmat. Pp. xxiii + 414 + 5 plates. (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1936.) 18.20 gold marks.
(5) Die Entwicklung der Kontinente und ihrer Lebewelt
Von Theodor Arldt. Zweite, vollständig neubearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Pp. 448. (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1936.) 28 gold marks.
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R., H. Aspects of Palæogeography. Nature 139, 902–903 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139902a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139902a0