The Geology of the Lake District and the Scenery as influenced by Geological Structure
- Publisher : Cambridge University Press
- Published In : Cambridge
- Illustrations : b/w portrait frontis, 1 col folding map, 3 b/w folding maps
Description:
With colour geological map of the Lake District in rear pocket.
Condition
8vo, orig. cloth, shelf label removed from spine. One folding map detached. Ex-lib.: book-plate of Palaeontological Collections, University Museum, Oxford, Jurassic Library - Bequest of W.J. Arkell - signed by Arkell at New College, 1923. William Joscelyn Arkell (1904-1958), British geologist, who studied at New College, Oxford, where he made geology and palaeontology his special subjects, receiving much encouragement from W. J. Sollas, then professor of geology. Between 1929 and 1933 he was lecturer in geology at New College, an appointment which enabled him to devote most of his time to research, and thereafter he held senior research fellowships at New College (1933-40) and at Trinity College, Cambridge (1947-58). He published Jurassic System in Great Britain in 1933, which established him as an authority on the Jurassic at the age of 29. (ODNB)
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