摘要
Thebookfollowsthehistoricalcourseofthedevelopmentofgeologicalscience,fromthetimeofancientcivilisationsintheMediterraneanregion,uptothepresentday.However,thebeginningofgeologyasamodernscienceisgenerallyconsideredtodatefromtheobservationoftheDevonianunconformityatSiccarPointnearEdinburghbyHuttonaround1788.ThisfollowedobservationshemadeatGlentiltofgranitecuttingtheschistositvplanesoftheschists，
出版日期
2004年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
