George Poulett Scrope

Considerations on Volcanos

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A pioneering attempt at a comprehensive theory of volcanic action, and a tracing of geological history using volcanos as evidence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781108072304
• ISBN-10: 1108072305
• Artikelnr.: 32808745

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Descriptive account of the volcanic phenomena
2. Explanation of the volcanic phenomena
3. Disposition of volcanic products on the surface of the globe
4. Laws of the protrusion and disposition of lava, en masse, on the surface of the earth
5. Consolidation of lavas
6. Divisionary structure assumed by lavas on their consolidation
7. Volcanic mountains
8. Subaqueous volcanos
9. Systems of volcanos
10. Development of subterranean expansion in the elevation of strata, and production of continents above the level of the ocean
11. Origin of the strata composing the crust of the globe, involving a new theory of the earth
Appendix.