| Ref No | LDGSL/874 |
| Title | 'Documents, chiefly palaeontological, connected with my memoir on the Alps and Apennines' |
| Date | 1847-1849 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Format | Document |
| Description | 'Documents, chiefly palaeontological, connected with my memoir on the Alps and Apennines', collected by Roderick Impey MURCHISON, 1847-1849. Includes: extracts on Nummulitic rocks by Édouard Verneuil; notes on places to see in Italy by Joseph Pentland; report on fossils by Frederick McCoy. |
| Provenance | Murchison collection |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Publication Note | Murchison, R I. "On the Geological Structure of the Alps, Apennines and Carpathians, more especially to prove a transition from Secondary to Tertiary rocks, and the development of Eocene deposits in Southern Europe", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vol 5 (1849), pp157-312 |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray |
| CreatorName | McCOY | Sir | Frederick | 1817-1899 | palaeontologist |
| PENTLAND | Joseph Barclay | 1797-1873 | naturalist and traveller |
| VERNEUIL | Philippe Édouard Poulletier de | 1805-1873 | paleontologist |