Principal European groups of stratified rocks

Tabular view of the order of deposit and chronological succession of the principal European groups of stratified rocks, constructed in accordance with the views of Lyell, Murchison, Buckland and other eminent geologists, by Robert Smith, lithographed by Forster, published bys B Oldham, Dublin. The diagram is essentially a geological timescale but showing the strata in a quarter-circular format to mimic a section of the Earth. The terminology used for we would now call the geological eras echoes those designated by the German geologist Abraham Werner but are not directly related. In this chart Primary correlates with the modern Lower Palaeozoic, Secondary an amalgam of the Upper Palaeozoic and Mesozoic, Tertiary includes most of the Cenozoic, apart from Quaternary which is designated Post Pliocene'. Hand coloured lithograph

1844 Accordance Amalgam Apart Buckland Cenozoic Chronological Constructed Deposit Designated Diagram Directly Echoes Eminent Eras Essentially Format Forster Geological Geologist Geologists Includes Lithographed Lyell Mimic Murchison Oldham Palaeozoic Pliocene Primary Quaternary Related Secondary Strata Stratified Succession Tabular Terminology Tertiary Timescale

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