Bailey Willis (1857-1949): Geological Theorizing and Chinese Geology
| Autor: | Marc Palahí, Timo Pukkala, Jari Miina, Gregorio Montero |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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040101 forestry
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences biology Scots pine Biography Crust 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences North east biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Archaeology History and Philosophy of Science 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Stratigraphy (archaeology) China 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Ancestor Geologist |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Science. 60:1-37 |
| ISSN: | 1464-505X 0003-3790 |
| DOI: | 10.1051/forest:2002068 |
| Popis: | Bailey Willis was the second major American geologist to undertake reconnaissance research in China--in the years 1903-04. Together with the stratigrapher Eliot Blackwelder, topographer Harvey Sargent, and guide Li Shan, he travelled first in Shandong Province, then from Peking to Xian, thence across the mountains into Sichuan, and then by river via the Yangzi Gorges to Shanghai. It was hoped that they would discover the primeval ancestor of trilobites in China, but the search proved unsuccessful. Willis's stratigraphic findings are described, as are his structural interpretations of what he observed in China. His work in China gave rise to some unfounded speculations about the possible causes of lateral Earth movements, due to rocks of different densities being adjacent to one another in the Earth's crust. These ideas were followed by several other 'theories of the Earth' during Willis's later career, some of which were also probably related to his experiences in China. He seemingly practised the formula... |
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