James Dwight Dana
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American mineralogist , scientist and zoologist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, James Dwight Dana FRS FRSE was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans around the world.
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- A System of Mineralogy (149)
- On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda (97)
- On some results of the earth's contraction from cooling including a discussion of the origin of mountains and the nature of the earth's interior (1873) (80)
- On the Classification of the Cancroidea (76)
- Conspectus Crustaceorum, etc. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the Exploring Expedition under Capt Wilkes, U.S.N., including the Crustacea Cancroidea Corystoidea (75)
- Synopsis of the genera of Gammaracea (52)
- Corals and coral islands (49)
- History of the changes in the Mount Loa craters, on Hawaii (1887) (39)
- Points in the geological history of the islands Maui and Oahu (1889) (39)
- On the Classification of the Crustacea Grapsoidea (36)
- Structure and classification of zoophytes (33)
- On the classification of the maioid Crustacea or Oxyrhyncha (30)
- Notice of some genera of Cyclopacea (1846) (20)
- On the volcanoes of the moon. (15)
- Structure and classification of zoophytes. By James D. Dana. (15)
- The system of mineralogy of James Dwight Dana. 1837-1868. : Descriptive mineralogy. (13)
- Origin of coral reefs and islands (1885) (12)
- Long Island Sound in the Quaternary era, with observations on the submarine Hudson River channel (1890) (12)
- A brief history of Taconic ideas (1888) (12)
- Observations on the origin of some of the earth's features (1866) (12)
- XLVI.—Thoughts on species (1857) (10)
- The flood of the Connecticut River valley from the melting of the Quaternary glacier (1882) (10)
- On some results of the Earth's contraction from cooling; Part II, The condition of the Earth's interior, and the connection of the facts with mountain-making; III, Metamorphism (1873) (9)
- On fossil insects from the Carboniferous formation in Illinois (1864) (9)
- On some results of the Earth's contraction from cooling; Part V, Formation of the continental plateaus and oceanic depressions (1873) (8)
- On the origin of mountains (1873) (7)
- On the Quaternary, or post-Tertiary, of the New Haven region (1871) (6)
- Dana's manual of mineralogy for the student of elementary mineralogy, the mining engineer, the geologist, the prospector, the collector, etc (6)
- Corals and coral islands / by James D. Dana. (6)
- On Dr. Koch's evidence with regard to the contemporaneity of man and the mastodon in Missouri (1875) (6)
- A dissected volcanic mountain; some of its revelations (1886) (6)
- New Text-book Of Geology: Designed For Schools And Academies (5)
- Fossils of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.: a fossil fish from Australia, and a Belemnite from Tierra del Fuego (1848) (5)
- On serpentine pseudomorphs and other kinds from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York (1874) (5)
- On a new genus of Crustacea in the collection of the U.S. Exploring Expedition (5)
- On the origin of prairies (1865) (5)
- Descriptive mineralogy : The system of mineralogy of James Dwight Dana (5)
- Gilbert's report on the geology of the Henry Mountains (1880) (4)
- On the occurrence of fluor spar, apatite and chondrodite in limestone (1846) (4)
- On some results of the Earth's contraction from cooling; Part IV, Igneous ejections, volcanoes (1873) (4)
- The relations of the geology of Vermont to that of Berkshire (1877) (4)
- On the relation of the so-called "kames" of the Connecticut River valley to the terrace formation (1881) (4)
- On the decay of quartzite and the formation of sand, Kaolin, and crystallized quartz (1884) (4)
- On the Genera Hexapus and Arges of De Haan (1851) (4)
- Green Mountain geology: on the quartzite (1872) (4)
- Geological relations of the limestone belts of Westchester County, New York (1880) (4)
- The Continents always Continents (1881) (3)
- On the glacial and Champlain eras in New England (1873) (3)
- A text-book of geology (3)
- Recent eruption of Mauna Loa and Kilauea, Hawaii (1868) (3)
- On the higher subdivisions in the classification of mammals (1863) (3)
- On the Origin of the Deep Troughs of the Oceanic Depression: are any of Volcanic Origin? (1890) (3)
- The system of mineralogy... Descriptivemineralogy (3)
- On southern New England during the melting of the Great Glacier (1875) (2)
- On the composition of the capillary volcanic glass of Kilauea, Hawaii, called Pele's hair (1879) (2)
- On the southward ending of a great synclinal in the Taconic Range (1884) (2)
- History of changes in the Mt. Loa craters; Part II, On Mokuaweoweo, or the summit crater (1888) (2)
- V.—On the Origin of the geographical distribution of Crustacea (2)
- Notice of the Chemical and Geological Essays of T. S. Hunt (1875) (2)
- On the quartzite, limestone and associated rocks of the vicinity of great Barrington, Berkshire Co., Mass. (1873) (2)
- Notice of the Address of Prof. T. Sterry Hunt Before the American Association at Indianapolis (1872) (2)
- Note on the "chloritic formation" on the western border of the New Haven region (1876) (2)
- On southern New England during the melting of the great glacier (1875) (2)
- Observations on the derivation and homologies of some articulates (1894) (2)
- Notice of the address of Prof T. Sterry Hunt before the American Association at Indianapolis (1872) (2)
- On New England and the upper Mississippi Basin in the glacial period (1893) (2)
- EVIDENCE FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AGAINST THE ICEBERG THEORY OF THE DRIFT. (1883) (2)
- The classification of animals based on the principle of cephalization (1863) (2)
- The classification of animals based on the principle of cephalization; Part II, Classification of insects (1864) (2)
- A memoir of Asa Gray (2)
- On the quartzite, limestone and associated rocks of the vicinity of Great Barrington (1873) (2)
- History of the changes in the Mt. Loa craters; Part I, Kilauea (With Plates IV and V) (1888) (2)
- Glaciers and glacialists. (1886) (2)
- Note to article I, on the Quaternary of the New Haven region (1871) (2)
- Note on the Cortiandt and Stony Point hornblendic and augitic rock [New York] (1884) (2)
- On the damming of streams by drift ice during the melting of the great glacier (1876) (2)
- On the history of Eozoon canadense (1865) (2)
- On the Hudson River age of the Taconic schists, and on the dependent relations of the Dutchess County and western Connecticut limestone belts (1879) (2)
- On the crystallization of brushite (1865) (2)
- An account of the discoveries in Vermont geology of the Rev. Augustus Wing (1877) (2)
- On Percival's map of the Jura-Trias trap belts of central Connecticut, with observations on the upturning or mountain-making disturbance of the formation (1891) (2)
- On some general terms applied to metamorphism, and to the porphyritic structure of rocks (1886) (2)
- On cephalization; No. IV, Explanations drawn out by the statements of an objector (1866) (1)
- Supplement to the account of the discoveries in Vermont geology of the Rev. Augustus Wing (1877) (1)
- History of the changes in the Mt. Loa craters; Part I; Kilauea (1887) (1)
- On the Connecticut River valley glacier and other examples of glacier movement along the valleys of New England (1871) (1)
- On certain parallel relations between the classes of vertebrates, and on the bearing of these relations on the question of the distinctive features of the reptilian birds (1863) (1)
- Notes on the New Edition of Mr Darwin's Work on the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs (1874) (1874) (1)
- The classification of animals based on the principle of cephalization; Part III, Classification of herbivores (1864) (1)
- On mineralogical nomenclature (1867) (1)
- On the homologies of the insectean and crustacean types (1863) (1)
- On two oceanic species of protozoans related to the sponges (1863) (1)
- On the existence of a Mohawk Valley glacier in the glacial epoch (1863) (1)
- Phenomena of the glacial and Champlain periods about the mouth of the Connecticut Valley; that is, in the New Haven region (with Plates I and II) (1884) (1)
- The Genesis of the Heavens and the Earth and All the Host of Them. I (1890) (1)
- Appendix to article XXX, on the origin of some of the Earth's features (1866) (1)
- On the Hudson River age of the Taconic schists (1879) (1)
- Sedgwick and Murchison; Cambrian and Silurian (1890) (1)
- The geological story briefly told (1)
- Notes on coal and iron ore in the State of Guerrero, Mex. [with Note on the Azoic age and metamorphic origin of the iron ore, by J. D. Dana] (1865) (1)
- Archean axes of eastern North America (1890) (1)
- On the driftless interior of North America (1878) (1)
- On the Appalachians and Rocky Mountains as time boundaries in geological history (1863) (1)
- On displacement through intrusion (1885) (1)
- Geological relations of the limestone belts of Westchester County, New York (1880) (1)
- On the position and height of the elevated plateau in which the glacier of New England in the glacial era had its origin (1871) (1)
- Phenomena of the glacial and Champlain periods about the mouth of the Connecticut Valley-that is, in the New Haven region (1883) (1)
- The flood of the Connecticut River valley from the melting of the Quaternary glacier (1882) (1)
- Geological relations of the limestone belts of Westchester County, New York (1881) (1)
- On the Supposed Legs of the Trilobite, Asaphus platycephalus (1871) (1)
- Rocky Mountain protaxis and the post-Cretaceous mountain-making along its course (1890) (1)
- General views on the classification of animals (1846) (1)
- On Lower Silurian fossils from a limestone of the original Taconic of Emmons (1886) (1)
- On the oceanic coral island subsidence (1872) (1)
- Revised text-book of geology (1)
- Geological relations of the limestone belts of Westchester County, New York (1881) (1)
- History of the changes in the Mt. Loa craters; Part I; Kilauea (1887) (1)
- Additional observations on the Jura-Trias trap of the New Haven region (1892) (1)
- Note on the position of amphibians among the classes of vertebrates (1864) (1)
- On "indurated bitumen" in cavities in the trap of the Connecticut Valley (1878) (1)
- On the relations of the geology of Vermont to that of Berkshire (1877) (0)
- Decay of quartzite; pseudo-breccia (1885) (0)
- Geological relations of the limestone belts of Westchester County, New York (1880) (0)
- Geological Age of the Taconic System (1882) (0)
- On Staurolite Crystals and Green Mountain Gneisses of the Silurian Age (1873) (0)
- III.—On a Case in which various massive Crystalline Rocks including Soda-Granite, Quartz-Diorite, Norite, Hornblendite, Pyroxenite, and different Chrysolitic Rocks, were made through Metamorphic Agencies in one Metamorphic Process (1881) (0)
- On a system of rock notation for geological diagrams (1885) (0)
- Taconic rocks and stratigraphy, with a geological map of the Taconic region; Part II (1887) (0)
- On subdivisions in Archean history (1892) (0)
- On the western discharge of the flooded Connecticut, or that through the Farmington Valley to New Haven Bay (1883) (0)
- Observations on the fossils of the metamorphic rocks of Bernardston, Massachusetts; with note by J. D. Dana (1883) (0)
- On cephalization; Part V, Cephalization a fundamental principle in the development of the system of animal life (1876) (0)
- Crystallogenic and crystallographic contributions (1867) (0)
- On southern New England during the melting of the great glacier (1875) (0)
- On the relations of the geology of Vermont to that of Berkshire (1877) (0)
- Recent observations of Mr. Frank S. Dodge, of the Hawaiian Government Survey, on Halemaumau and its debris-cone (1889) (0)
- History of the changes in the Mt. Loa craters; Part I, Kilauea (1888) (0)
- Note on the Helderberg Formation of Bernardstown, Massachusetts, and Vernon, Vermont (1877) (0)
- On the magnetite in the mica of Pennsbury, Pennsylvania (1869) (0)
- Geological relations of the limestone belts of Westchester County, New York (1880) (0)
- On the quartzite, limestone and associated rocks of the vicinity of Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., Mass. (1873) (0)
- Green Mountain geology; on the quartzite (1872) (0)
- On the quartzite, limestone, and associated rocks of the vicinity of Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (1872) (0)
- On the flood of the Connecticut River valley from the Quarternary glacier (1882) (0)
- On southern New England during the melting of the great glacier; Part III (1875) (0)
- Sedgwick and Murchison: Cambrian and Silurian (1890) (0)
- On system in mineralogical nomenclature (1867) (0)
- On some points in lithology (1878) (0)
- On the supposed legs of the trilobite Asaphus platycephalus. (1871) (0)
- Notes on some Australian Fossils (1848) (0)
- Dana, James D. Mar. 29, 1888 [to S. Watson] (0)
- On cephalization, and on Megasthenes and Microsthenes, in classification (1863) (0)
- Origin of coral reefs and islands (1885) (0)
- What is True Taconic? (1872) (0)
- Crystallogenic and crystallographic contributions; No. IV, On a connection between crystalline form and chemical constitution, with some inferences there-from; supplement (1867) (0)
- XLVI. On some results of the Earth's contraction from cooling, including a discussion of the origin of mountains (1873) (0)
- XII. On the origin of the constituent and adventitious minerals of trap and the allied rocks (0)
- Asa Gray (1888) (0)
- Note on Asaphus platycephalus (1871) (0)
- A word on the origin of life (1866) (0)
- XII.—On the geographical distribution and classification of zoophytes (1847) (0)
- On rocks of the Helderberg era in the valley of the Connecticut. . (1873) (0)
- LVI.—Observations on the derivation and homologies of some articulates (1894) (0)
- Volcanic action (1887) (0)
- On the origin of the deep troughs of the oceanic depression; are any of volcanic origin? (1889) (0)
- On the quartzite, limestone and associated rocks of the vicinity of Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., Mass (1872) (0)
- Arnold Guyot (1886) (0)
- XXII. On some results of the Earth's contraction from cooling, including a discussion of the origin of mountains.—Part II. The condition of the Earth's interior, and the connexion of the facts with mountain-making.—Part III. Metamorphism (1873) (0)
- On southern New England during the melting of the great glacier; Part IV (1875) (0)
- Note on the former southward discharge of Lake Winnipeg (1882) (0)
- Taconic rocks and stratigraphy (1885) (0)
- On serpentine pseudomorphs, and other kinds from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam Co., New York (1874) (0)
- On the relations of death to life in nature (1862) (0)
- Crystallogenic and crystallographic contributions; on the feldspar group of minerals; supplementary to Art. XXIX, On the chemical formulas of silicates (1867) (0)
- XLI. On the molecular constitution of crystals : To the editors of the Philosophical Magazine and Journal (1855) (0)
- XIX.—On cephalization, and on Megasthenes and microsthenes in classification (being in continuation of an article on the higher subdivisions in the classification of mammals) (1863) (0)
- History of the changes in the Mt. Loa craters; Part I, Kilauea (1887) (0)
- History of changes in the Mt. Loa craters (1888) (0)
- II.—On a Case in which various massive Crystalline Rocks including Soda–Granite, Quartz–Diorite, Norite, Hornblendite, Pyroxenite, and different Chrysolitic Rocks, were made through Metamorphic Agencies in one Metamorphic Process (1881) (0)
- On the geological relations of the limestone belts of Westchester County, New York (1880) (0)
- Notes (1874) (0)
- Note on the age of the Green Mountains (1880) (0)
- The volcanic nature of a Pacific Island not an argument for little or no subsidence (1885) (0)
- XVII.—On Zoophytes (1846) (0)
- On the overflows of the Connecticut during the Glacial flood (1875) (0)
- Whitney's geology of California (1866) (0)
- History of changes in the Mt. Loa craters (1888) (0)
- Subdivisions in Archæan History (1892) (0)
- On Taconic rocks and stratigraphy, with a geological map of the Taconic regions; Part II (1887) (0)
- XVII. Origin of coral reefs and islands (1885) (0)
- On some points in lithology (1878) (0)
- An account of discoveries in Vermont geology of the Rev. Augustus Wing (1877) (0)
- II.—On the homologies of the Insectean and Crustacean types (0)
- XXII. On a connexion between crystalline form and chemical constitution, with some inferences therefrom (1867) (0)
- Some of the features of nonvolcanic igneous ejections, as illustrated in the four "Rocks" of the New Haven region, West Rock, Pine Rock, Mill Rock, and East Rock (1891) (0)
- Lower Silurian fossils at Canaan, N.Y. (1885) (0)
- VI.—On two oceanic species of Protozoans related to the sponges (1863) (0)
- On the relations of the geology of Vermont to that of Berkshire (1877) (0)
- Lower Silurian fossils at Canaan, N.Y (1885) (0)
- XXIII.—On the higher subdivisions in the classification of mammals (1863) (0)
- On Taconic rocks and stratigraphy, with a geological map of the Taconic region (1885) (0)
- The flood of the Connecticut River valley from the melting of the Quaternary glacier (1882) (0)
- Note on erosion (1876) (0)
- On the address before the American Association of Prof. T. Sterry Hunt; No. II (1872) (0)
- The Slates of the Taconic Mountains of the Age of the Hudson River or Cincinnati Group (1873) (0)
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