Volcanoes: Past and Present. (Illustrated Edition) - Couverture souple

Hull, Edward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1406868183 ISBN 13 : 9781406868180

Editeur : Echo Library, 2010

Synopsis

First published in 1892. The author was a geologist who held the position of Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland. He was also a professor of geology in the Royal College of Science, Dublin and Examiner in Geology to the University of London.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

PREFACE. ICII IT has not been my object to present in the following pages even an approximately complete description of the volcanic and seismic phenomena of the globe; such an undertaking would involve an amount of labour which few would be bold enough to attempt; nor would it be compatible with the aims of the Contemporary Science Series. I have rather chosen to illustrate the most recent conclusions regarding the phenomena and origin of volcanic action, by the selection of examples drawn from the districts where these phenomena have been most carefully observed and recorded under the light of modern geo1ogica) science. I have also endcavoured to show, by illustrations carried back into later geological epochs, how the volcanic phenomena of the present day do not differ in kind, though they may in degrec, from those of the past history of our globe. For not only do the modes of eruption of volcanic materials in past geological tinles resemble those of the present

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; -; PART I; INTRODUCTION; PACK; CffAP I HISTORIC NOTICES OF VOLCANIC ACTION 1-9; "; "; "; II FORM, STRUCTURE, AND CO:·fI'OSITION OF; VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS 10-19; III LINES AND GROUPS OF ACTIVE VOLCANIC; VKNTS; IV l{m·OCI!AN VOLCANIC ISLANDS; PART IL; EUROPEAN VOLCANOES; CHAP I VESUVIUS; " II ETNA; 41-60; 61-68; "; "; "; III THE LIPARI ISLANDS, STROM DOLI; IV THE SANTORrN GROUP·; V EUROPEAN EXTINCT OR DORMANT VOLCANOES; VI EXTINCT VOLCANOES OF CENTRAL FRANCE ·; 69-75; 76-S3; 84-91; 92- 112; " VII TJIlt VOLCANIC DISTRICT OF THE RHrNE; VALLEY · 113-125; PART III; DORIJfANT OR MORIBUND VOLCANOES OF OTHER; PARTS OF THE WORLD; CHAP I DORMA~'l' VOLCANOES OF PALESTINE AND; ARABIA · 126-135; " II TlIE VOLCANIC REGI~NS OF NOR1-H AMERICA 136-145; 11 III VOLCANOES OF NEW ZEALAND · 146-153 PART IV; TERTIARY VOLCANIC DISTRICTS OF THE BRITISH; ISLES; I'AGS; CHAP I AKTRIM - 154-159; " II SUCCESSION OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS - 160-171; " III ISr

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Echo Library
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1406868183
• ISBN 13: 9781406868180
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160