Memoir of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay (Paperback)

Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay (1814 91) was a British geologist with a particular interest in the effects of glaciation on the landscape. He travelled in Europe and America, and was a keen climber. His first work, Geology of the Island of Arran (1840), also published in this series, attracted the attention of Roderick Murchison, who found him employment with the Geological Survey, and Ramsay later succeeded Murchison as its director. He carried out important fieldwork in Wales, taught at University College London and the Royal School of Mines, and published a successful textbook. Another major contribution was his work on the origin of lakes: his controversial 1862 proposal that glaciers could hollow out lake basins even in the absence of earth movements was eventually accepted. Ramsay's younger colleague at the Geological Survey, Sir Archibald Geikie (1835 1924), who also wrote a biography of Murchison, published this memoir in 1895.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	August 2011
Authors:	Archibald Geikie
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	440
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-03767-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > General Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
LSN:	1-108-03767-4
Barcode:	9781108037679

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