Archibald Geikie
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir Archibald Geikie was a Scottish geologist and writer. Early life Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835, the eldest son of Isabella Thom and her husband James Stuart Geikie, a musician and music critic. The elder brother of James Geikie, he was educated at Edinburgh High School and University of Edinburgh.
Archibald Geikie's Published Works
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Published Works
- The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland (1908) (473)
- The ancient volcanoes of Great Britain (114)
- The Geology of China (1882) (114)
- Island Life; or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates (1881) (110)
- On the Pre-Cambrian Rocks of the British Isles (1893) (60)
- Text-book of Geology (44)
- The Crystalline Rocks of the Scottish Highlands (1884) (32)
- The geology of North Arran, South Bute, and the Cumbraes, with parts of Ayrshire and Kintyre : Sheet 21, Scotland (29)
- On the Altered Rocks of the Western Islands of Scotland, and the North-western and Central Highlands (1861) (25)
- Geology of the Moon (1905) (24)
- II.—The History of Volcanic Action during the Tertiary Period in the British Isles (1889) (23)
- The Southern Uplands of Scotland (1873) (23)
- The Student's Manual Of Geology (19)
- The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria (18)
- The Upper Colorado (1877) (17)
- Dinocerata, a Monograph of an Extinct Order of Gigantic Mammals (1885) (15)
- Memoir of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay by Sir Archibald Geikie. (14)
- The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria (1869) (14)
- II. List of Papers relating to the Glacial phenomena of Scotland (14)
- Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Prestwich (13)
- I.—On Denudation now in Progress (1868) (12)
- Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison: Based On His Journals and Letters : With Notices of His Scientific Contemporaries and a Sketch of the Rise and Growth of Palaeozoic Geology in Britain (12)
- On the Tertiary Volcanic Rocks of the Bristish Islands (1871) (12)
- The Physical Geology and Geography of Ireland (1878) (12)
- The Lava-Fields of North-Western Europe (1880) (11)
- 1. On the Tertiary Volcanic Rocks of the British Islands. (8)
- Elie de Beaumont (1874) (8)
- VI. On the order of Succession among the Silurian Rocks of Scotland (8)
- The Ancient Glaciers of the Rocky Mountains (1881) (8)
- The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1880) (7)
- XII. On Modern Denudation (7)
- On the Supposed Pre-Cambrian Rocks of St. David's (1883) (7)
- Louis Agassiz (7)
- A Recent “Find” in British Palæontology (1881) (7)
- American Geology (7)
- On the Banded Structure of some Tertiary Gabbros in the Isle of Skye (1894) (6)
- Class-book of geology (6)
- The Tertiary Basalt–plateaux of North–western Europe (1896) (6)
- On the Age of the Altered Limestone of Strath, Skye (1888) (5)
- 1. Notes for a Comparison of the Glaciation of the West of Scotland with that of Arctic Norway (5)
- Life and letters of Sir Joseph Prestwich ... Written and ed. by his wife (5)
- The Glacial Geology of Orkney and Shetland (1877) (5)
- On the Geology of Strath, Skye (1858) (5)
- A Fragment of Primeval Europe (1880) (5)
- Notes on some Specimens of Rocks from the Antarctic Regions (5)
- Geology of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1881) (5)
- Sir William Edmond Logan (1875) (5)
- Outlines of field-geology (5)
- Landscape into history, and other essays. (5)
- The Origin of Coral Reefs (4)
- Summer Lightning (4)
- Robert Dick, Baker of Thurso, Geologist and Botanist (1879) (4)
- On the Coincidence between the Stratification and Foliation in the Crystalline Rocks of the Scottish Highlands (1861) (4)
- On the Old Red Sandstone of the South of Scotland (1860) (4)
- The Old Red Sandstone of Lorne (1897) (4)
- Opening Address by the President of the Society, Archibald Geikie. Session 1869-70. [Thirty-Sixth Anniversary Meeting Thursday 4th November 1869] (4)
- The Origin of the Crystalline Schists (1884) (4)
- The Recent Volcanic Eruption in New Zealand (1886) (3)
- Island Life (1881) (3)
- Geological Survey of the United States (1880) (3)
- A Monograph by Capt C E Dutton (1883) (3)
- Twenty-Five Years of Geological Progress in Britain (1895) (3)
- Introduction (3)
- The Meeting of German Naturalists and Physicians at Innsbruck, Tyrol (1869) (3)
- Annals of the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society, written from its Minute Books (1919) (2)
- Recent Researches in the Metamorphism of Rocks (1882) (2)
- On some points in connection between metamorphism and volcanic action (2)
- On the Date of the Last Elevation of Central Scotland (1862) (2)
- Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado and Portions of Adjacent Territory (1878) (2)
- Landscape in history and other essays by Sir Archibald Geikie. (2)
- Inaugural Address by Professor Geikie, F.R.S. on ‘Earth sculpture and the Huttonian School of Geology’. [Fortieth Anniversary Meeting Thursday 6th November 1873] (2)
- Sir John Murray, K.C.B., F.R.S. (1914) (2)
- Hugh Miller: His Work and Influence (2)
- I.—Lamarck and Playfair: A Geological Retrospect of the Year 1802. (1906) (2)
- A Canadian Memorial to Hugh Miller (1915) (2)
- The Geological Survey of Belgium (1885) (2)
- Elementary lessons in physical geography (2)
- The Geology of the Holy Land (1870) (2)
- ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. (1899) (2)
- A Search for “Atlantis” with the Microscope (1882) (2)
- Microscopical Petrography (2)
- Memoir of John Michell, M.A., B.D., F.R.S., fellow of Queens' college, Cambridge, 1749, Woodwardian professor of geology in the university 1762, by Sir Archibald Geikie ... (1)
- American Geological Surveys (1871) (1)
- I.—A Century of Geology, 1807–1907 (1907) (1)
- Colonial Geological Surveys (1874) (1)
- Geological map of England & Wales (1)
- The High Plateaux of Utah (1880) (1)
- Samuel Pepys and the Royal Society (1905) (1)
- Our Mountain Seclusion (1901) (1)
- 2. On the Chronology of the Trap-Rocks of Scotland. (1)
- Notes for a comparison of the volcanic geology of Central Scotland with that of Auvergne and the Eifel (1)
- Sir Roderick Murchison (1871) (1)
- 2. On the Carboniferous Volcanic Rocks of the Basin of the Forth. (1)
- Recent Studies of Old Italian Volcanoes (1901) (1)
- Obituary notices of fellows deceased (1923) (1)
- Geological Survey of Victoria—Report of Progress (1874) (1)
- The Geology of the North-west Highlands (1)
- Obituary Notice of James David Forbes, D.C.I., LL.D., F.R.S., Principal of the United College of St. Salvator and St. Leonard, in the University of St. Andrews, and late Honorary Fellow of the Society (1)
- On the Geology of Strath, Skye (1857) (1)
- I.—Eminent Living Geologists (1890) (1)
- American Exploration: North-western Wyoming and Yellowstone Park (1878) (1)
- Map showing the surface geology of Ireland (1)
- I.—The Old Man of Hoy (1878) (1)
- Movements of the Earth's Crust: Discussion (1896) (1)
- North American Geology–Idaho and Wyoming (1880) (1)
- 1. Additional Observations on the Chronology of the Trap-Rocks of Scotland (1)
- Professor James Nicol. (1)
- The Geological Structure of Scandinavia and the Scottish Highlands (1888) (1)
- 3. The History of Volcanic Action during the Tertiary Period in the British Islands. (1)
- The history of the geography of Scotland (1906) (1)
- XXIX.—On the Chronology of the Trap-Rocks of Scotland (1)
- Geological map of Scotland (1)
- I. Lecture on the Origin of the Present Scenery of Scotland (0)
- Crystalline rocks of the Scottish Highlands (1885) (0)
- The Volcanoes of the British Islands@@@The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain (1897) (0)
- The Natural History Museum (0)
- 1. Note on the Carboniferous Rocks of the South of Scotland (0)
- I. Catalogue of Organic Remains from the Glacial deposits of Scotland (0)
- American Geological Surveys (0)
- 3. Contact-Phenomena of some Scottish Olivine-Diabases (0)
- The Origin of Coral-Reefs (1883) (0)
- I.—On some Crush-Conglomerates in Anglesey (1896) (0)
- Scientific Worthies (0)
- XIX.—The Latest Volcanoes of the British Isles (0)
- III. Local Glaciers—Final Disappearance of the Ice (0)
- The founders of geology by Sir Archibald Geikie. (0)
- I.—Lamarck and Playfair: A Geological Retrospect of the Year 1802 (1906) (0)
- Foreign Travel (1873) (0)
- III. On some Special Indications of Volcanic Action in the Carboniferous Period at Burntisland, Firth of Forth (1864) (0)
- The history of volcanic action in the area of the British isles (0)
- Presidential Address (0)
- On North Polar Problems: Discussion (1907) (0)
- Retrospect and Prospect (1919) (0)
- NO. V: Letter from Sir Archibald Geikie, Director General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain (1892) (0)
- II.—Traces of a Group of Permian Volcanos in the South-West of Scotland (1866) (0)
- Questions on Geikie's elementary physical geography : for the use of schools (0)
- The Evolution of Indian Geography: Discussion (1894) (0)
- Life of the Sir Roderick I. Murchison Besed on his journals and letters. with notices. (0)
- Sub-Oceanic Changes: Discussion (1897) (0)
- Oscillations of Shore-Lines: Discussion (1905) (0)
- Notices of Memoirs (1871) (0)
- I. The Old or General Glaciation of the Country (0)
- On the Coincidence between the Stratification and Foliation of the Altered Rocks of the Scottish Highlands (1861) (0)
- Reports and Proceedings (1907) (0)
- American Geological Surveys (0)
- Scientific Worthies (0)
- On the Archean rocks of the Wasatch Mountains (1880) (0)
- Class-book of geology : illustrated with woodcuts (0)
- Address of the President, Archibald Geikie, K.C.B., at the Anniversary Meeting on November 30, 1910 (1910) (0)
- Across Iceland: Discussion (1894) (0)
- An elementary geography of the British Isles (0)
- Account of the Progress of the Geological Survey in Scotland, illustrated by Maps and Sections. (0)
- Closing address for the session (0)
- Reports of Societies (1912) (0)
- American Surveys and Explorations (0)
- The birds of Shakespeare, by Sir Archibald Geikie. (0)
- American Geological Surveys (0)
- 1. On the Geological Structure of some Alpine Lake-Basins. (0)
- 2. A Bathymetrical Survey of the Chief Perthshire Lochs, and their relation to the Glaciation of the District (0)
- Obituary notices of fellows deceased (1923) (0)
- II. Re-elevation of the Country—Origin of the Stratified Drift (0)
- The Ice Age in Switzerland (1870) (0)
- On the Sub-Oceanic Physical Features off the Coast of Western Europe, Including France, Spain, and Portugal: Discussion (1899) (0)
- Notice of the death of Lady Murchison (0)
- Life of Sir William E Logan, LLD, FKS, First Director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1883) (0)
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