Geology: Written in stone.

GEOLOGY in literature; LITERATURE & science; NINETEENTH century; NOVEL Science: Fiction & the Invention of 19th-Century Geology (Book); BUCKLAND, Adelene; EARTH scientists

The article discusses the relationship between the rise of geological science and literature in the nineteenth century. It gives an instance of the book "Novel Science" by Adelene Buckland who tried to give scientific geology a literary shape. It informs the relationship between science and literature has proved to be a seam of inquiry since 1983 as Earth scientists have worked with literary critics to create culturally integrated field.