In the second volume of his Principles of Geology (University of Chicago
Press, pp 330, 拢27.95 hbk, 拢11.95 pbk), Charles Lyell turned
his attention to the living world. How plants and animals live, die and
fossilise is the basis of stratigraphy. In spite of its age this text illuminates
the problems that persist today.
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