Considerations on Volcanos The Probable Causes of their Phenomena, the Laws Which Determine their March, the Disposition of their Products, and their Connexion with the Present State and Past History of the Globe
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAP. I Descriptive Account of the Volcanic Phenomena
- CHAP. II Explanation of the Volcanic Phenomena
- CHAP. III Disposition of Volcanic Products on the Surface of the Globe
- CHAP. IV Laws of the Protrusion and Disposition of Lava, en masse, on the Surface of the Earth
- CHAP. V Consolidation of Lavas
- CHAP. VI Divisionary Structure assumed by Lavas on their Consolidation
- CHAP. VII Volcanic Mountains
- CHAP. VIII Subaqueous Volcanos
- CHAP. IX Systems of Volcanos
- CHAP. X Development of Subterranean Expansion in the Elevation of Strata, and Production of Continents above the Level of the Ocean
- CHAP. XI Origin of the Strata composing the Crust of the Globe, involving a New Theory of the Earth
- APPENDIX NO 1 List of known Volcanos in habitual or recent activity
- APPENDIX NO 2 Observations on the circumstances accompanying the eruption of Jorullo in Mexico, as related by M. de Humboldt
- Plate section
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAP. I Descriptive Account of the Volcanic Phenomena
- CHAP. II Explanation of the Volcanic Phenomena
- CHAP. III Disposition of Volcanic Products on the Surface of the Globe
- CHAP. IV Laws of the Protrusion and Disposition of Lava, en masse, on the Surface of the Earth
- CHAP. V Consolidation of Lavas
- CHAP. VI Divisionary Structure assumed by Lavas on their Consolidation
- CHAP. VII Volcanic Mountains
- CHAP. VIII Subaqueous Volcanos
- CHAP. IX Systems of Volcanos
- CHAP. X Development of Subterranean Expansion in the Elevation of Strata, and Production of Continents above the Level of the Ocean
- CHAP. XI Origin of the Strata composing the Crust of the Globe, involving a New Theory of the Earth
- APPENDIX NO 1 List of known Volcanos in habitual or recent activity
- APPENDIX NO 2 Observations on the circumstances accompanying the eruption of Jorullo in Mexico, as related by M. de Humboldt
- Plate section
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- Considerations on VolcanosThe Probable Causes of their Phenomena, the Laws Which Determine their March, the Disposition of their Products, and their Connexion with the Present State and Past History of the Globe, pp. xv - xxxviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1825