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THIS book is the first of series of works on economic geology under the general editorship of Dr. J. E. Marr, F.R.S. The author is a recognised authority on the coal-bearing rocks of this country and of South Africa, and his introduction to the geology of coal is a welcome addition to technical literature that cannot fail to prove of great educational value to mining students. General principles of practical significance are dealt with in detail, and the world's coalfields are briefly described. o The chemical and physical characters of coal are clearly explained, and chapters are devoted to coal as a rock, the formation and origin of coal, the distribution of coal, fossils as zonal indices, prospecting, the study of an exposed coalfield, and the study of a concealed coalfield. The coalfields of Great Britain are described in three chapters, dealing respectively with the southern, midland, and.northern districts, whilst the remaining four chapters are devoted to the coalfields of Continental Europe, the North American coalfields, the coalfields of Africa, India, Australia, and South America, and the coalfields of China, Central Asia, Japan, New Zealand, and the Dutch East Indies.
The Geology of Coal and Coal-Mining.
By Walcot Gibson. Pp. x+341. (London: Edward Arnold, 1908.) Price 7s. 6d. net.
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The Geology of Coal and Coal-Mining. Nature 78, 197 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/078197a0
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