Text-Book of Geology
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Text-Book of Geology is a foundational geology textbook by Scottish geologist Archibald Geikie that systematically presents the principles, processes, and history of the Earth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Text-Book of Geology canonical | 2 |
| The Geology of South Africa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6514026 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Text-Book of Geology Context triple: [Archibald Geikie, notableWork, Text-Book of Geology]
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A.
The Elements of Geology
The Elements of Geology is a foundational 19th-century textbook by Charles Lyell that helped establish modern geological science and popularize uniformitarian principles.
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B.
Principles of Geology
Principles of Geology is Charles Lyell’s landmark 19th-century work that popularized uniformitarianism and fundamentally shaped modern geological science and Charles Darwin’s thinking on Earth’s history.
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C.
Theory of the Earth
Theory of the Earth is James Hutton’s foundational geological work that introduced the concept of deep geological time and laid the groundwork for modern geology.
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D.
Traité élémentaire de minéralogie
Traité élémentaire de minéralogie is a foundational early 19th-century textbook on mineralogy that helped systematize the classification and study of minerals.
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E.
Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth
Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth is an 1802 geological treatise by John Playfair that clearly expounds and defends James Hutton’s uniformitarian theory of the Earth’s formation and processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Text-Book of Geology Target entity description: Text-Book of Geology is a foundational geology textbook by Scottish geologist Archibald Geikie that systematically presents the principles, processes, and history of the Earth.
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A.
The Elements of Geology
The Elements of Geology is a foundational 19th-century textbook by Charles Lyell that helped establish modern geological science and popularize uniformitarian principles.
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B.
Principles of Geology
Principles of Geology is Charles Lyell’s landmark 19th-century work that popularized uniformitarianism and fundamentally shaped modern geological science and Charles Darwin’s thinking on Earth’s history.
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C.
Theory of the Earth
Theory of the Earth is James Hutton’s foundational geological work that introduced the concept of deep geological time and laid the groundwork for modern geology.
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D.
Traité élémentaire de minéralogie
Traité élémentaire de minéralogie is a foundational early 19th-century textbook on mineralogy that helped systematize the classification and study of minerals.
-
E.
Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth
Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth is an 1802 geological treatise by John Playfair that clearly expounds and defends James Hutton’s uniformitarian theory of the Earth’s formation and processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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geology textbook ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Archibald Geikie’s work in geology ⓘ |
| author | Archibald Geikie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | geologist ⓘ |
| describedAs | foundational geology textbook ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
introductory text for geology students
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reference work for geology courses ⓘ |
| field | Earth sciences ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
history of the Earth
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principles of geology ⓘ processes shaping the Earth ⓘ |
| genre |
academic textbook
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
illustrations and diagrams
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sections on external geological processes ⓘ sections on fossils and life history ⓘ sections on geological time ⓘ sections on internal structure of the Earth ⓘ sections on rock formation ⓘ |
| influencedBy | 19th-century geological research ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
geologists
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university students ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on geological education
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systematic presentation of geological principles ⓘ |
| subject |
Earth history
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geological processes ⓘ geology ⓘ historical geology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ petrology ⓘ physical geology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | geological time scale ⓘ |
| usedIn | geology education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ |
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Subject: Text-Book of Geology Description of subject: Text-Book of Geology is a foundational geology textbook by Scottish geologist Archibald Geikie that systematically presents the principles, processes, and history of the Earth.
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