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Stanisław Staszic: An Early Surveyor of the Geology of Central and Eastern Europe
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SYSNO ASEP 0363900 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Stanisław Staszic: An Early Surveyor of the Geology of Central and Eastern Europe Author(s) Grigelis, A. (LT)
Wójcik, Z. (PL)
Narebski, W. (PL)
Gelumbauskaité, L. Ž. (LT)
Kozák, Jan (GFU-E) RIDSource Title Annals of Science - ISSN 0003-3790
Roč. 68, č. 2 (2011), s. 199-228Number of pages 30 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords geology ; history ; Central Europe Subject RIV DB - Geology ; Mineralogy CEZ AV0Z30120515 - GFU-E (2005-2011) UT WOS 000289145100003 DOI 10.1080/00033790.2010.511263 Annotation In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the Polish geoscientist, philosopher, and statesman Stanislaw Staszic conducted an extensive geological survey of Poland and adjacent areas. In 1815, he completed a book (in Polish), On the geology of the Carpathians and other mountains and lowlands of Poland, complemented by a well-made geological map of Central and Eastern Europe. Early in the nineteenth century, Staszic refined the idea of 'geological mapping', though initially he was interested in the exploration of mineral deposits, rock salt, copper and iron ores, and coal. Unlike his predecessors, his book adopted a temporal subdivision of rocks, using a somewhat modified version of Abraham Gottlob Werner's system. He delineated the surface distribution of five rock units and coloured them onto his map. His work gave expression to his view of geological history, and brought the 'Enlightenment Period' of geology in Central and Eastern Europe to a close. Workplace Geophysical Institute Contact Hana Krejzlíková, kniha@ig.cas.cz, Tel.: 267 103 028 Year of Publishing 2012
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