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Traité de Géognosie: Ou, Exposé Des Connaissances Actuelles Sur La Constitution Physique Et Minérale Du Globe Terrestre

Traité de Géognosie: Ou, Exposé Des Connaissances Actuelles Sur La Constitution Physique Et Minérale Du Globe Terrestre

Aubuisson De Voisins, Jean Francois
D'Aubuisson de Voisins, Jean Fran

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Geology

ISBN10: 1108029701
ISBN13: 9781108029704
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 30 2011
Pages: 574
Weight: 1.59
Height: 1.28 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: French
Jean François Aubuisson de Voisins (1769-1841) was a French geologist and engineer who studied under Abraham Gottlob Werner at Freiberg together with Humboldt, von Buch and Jameson. Werner had coined the term geognosy to define a science based on the recognition of the order, position and relation of the layers forming the earth. His theory of the marine origins of the Earth's crust (Neptunism) was widely accepted at the time. Aubuisson however showed that igneous rocks such as basalt were similar to surface lava flows, and were not chemical precipitates of the ocean. His two-volume Traité de Géognosie, published in 1819, was one of the earliest geology books in French. It was highly successful, and gained him wide professional recognition. Volume 1 examines the earth, its size, atmosphere and oceans. Aubuisson describes the various processes that affect the surface of the earth, and how mineral deposits are laid down.

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