Open Directory - Society: History: By Topic: Science: Geology

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Bartleby.com: Sir Charles Lyell - Includes etexts of scientific papers, "The Progress of Geology" and "Uniformity of Change".
Cofrhigeorama - Provides historical information on geology, mineralogy, petrology and other Earth sciences. In French and English.
GSA History of Geology Division - Web site includes organization information, as well as several papers on important geologists and their work.
HESS: History of the Earth Sciences Society - International society devoted to the history of earth sciences. Site has information about the organization and its journal, Earth Sciences History.
Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth - Mathematical details of Lord Kelvin's young earth calculation, from a course in applied fourier analysis. In PDF format. [PDF]
Out of Print Geology Books for sale - Also including books on paleontology, mineralogy, mining, explorations, early surveys, volcanology, seismology and meteoritics.
The Great Devonian Controversy - A review of the book by Martin Rudwick about this 19th century geological controversy.

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Open Directory - Society: History: By Topic: Science: Geology: Wegener, Alfred

Alfred Lothar Wegener: Moving continents - Endeavored to prove by scientific methods that Africa and South America were once joined. Includes biography and information about the final trip to Greenland.
Alfred Wegener - Brief biography and description of work from the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Plate Tectonics: The Rock History of an Idea - Explains the early observation of the similar coastlines and undersea continental shelves and how this led to the development of theory of an ancient single land mass. Discusses early contributors to the field like Alfred Wegener.
Wegener, Alfred - A pioneer in plate tectonics, who used reason and scientific method to prove a theory that Africa and South America was once one continent. Page includes information about aeronautical research, facing the critics and final acceptance of this visionary's work.

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