The Student's Handbook of Physical GeologyG. Bell, 1892 - 666 pages |
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... Islands and Submarine Volcanoes . CHAPTER IV . -EARTHQUAKES Connection with Volcanoes . Nature and Origin . Phe- nomena and Effects . Instances of Earthquakes . Sum- mary of Surface Effects . CHAPTER V. - ELEVATION AND DEPRESSION OF ...
... Islands and Submarine Volcanoes . CHAPTER IV . -EARTHQUAKES Connection with Volcanoes . Nature and Origin . Phe- nomena and Effects . Instances of Earthquakes . Sum- mary of Surface Effects . CHAPTER V. - ELEVATION AND DEPRESSION OF ...
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... Islands , and will necessarily be only a condensed account , but prominence will be given to those facts which enable us to realize the relative posi- tions of land and sea , and the general physical geography of each geological epoch ...
... Islands , and will necessarily be only a condensed account , but prominence will be given to those facts which enable us to realize the relative posi- tions of land and sea , and the general physical geography of each geological epoch ...
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... Islands , and the Malay Archipelago . These lines of volcanic vents sometimes seem to radiate from a special volcanic centre . If we could make a vertical cut or section through a vol- canic hill , so as to lay open its internal ...
... Islands , and the Malay Archipelago . These lines of volcanic vents sometimes seem to radiate from a special volcanic centre . If we could make a vertical cut or section through a vol- canic hill , so as to lay open its internal ...
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... Island , in the Bay of Bengal , is an excellent instance of this form of volcano , as represented in fig . 4 . Here the whole central part of the mountain has been blown out by one tremendous explosion , the outline which Fig . 4 ...
... Island , in the Bay of Bengal , is an excellent instance of this form of volcano , as represented in fig . 4 . Here the whole central part of the mountain has been blown out by one tremendous explosion , the outline which Fig . 4 ...
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... islands , Stromboli , has been in constant activity from the earliest historical period . It always contains melted lava in constant motion , and at uncertain intervals the molten mass suddenly rises , and large bubbles appear , which ...
... islands , Stromboli , has been in constant activity from the earliest historical period . It always contains melted lava in constant motion , and at uncertain intervals the molten mass suddenly rises , and large bubbles appear , which ...
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