OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST IN THE PACIFIC BETWEEN 1896 AND 1899

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Guppy, H. B. (Henry Brougham), 1854-1926

Title

Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 1 Vanua Levu, Fiji

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English

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QH: Science: Natural history

Subject

Natural history -- Fiji

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49572

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49572

Release Date

August 2, 2015

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST IN THE PACIFIC BETWEEN 1896 AND 1899
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.LIST OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES QUOTED IN THIS BOOK
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER I GENERAL INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON SOME OF THE LEADING PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE ISLAND
6. 6.CHAPTER II. ON THE EVIDENCE OF EMERGENCE OR OF UPHEAVAL AT THE SEA-BORDERS.
7. 7.CHAPTER III THE HOT SPRINGS OF VANUA LEVU
8. 8.CHAPTER IV DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES OF VANUA LEVU.
9. 9.CHAPTER V DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )
10. 10.CHAPTER VI DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )
11. 11.CHAPTER VII DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued ) — The Ndrandramea District
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued ) — Mount Vatu Kaisia and District — The Nandronandranu District . — The Tavia Ranges. — Na Raro.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued ) — The Basaltic Lowlands of Sarawanga and Ndreketi. — The Nawavi Range. — The District between Nanduri Bay and Wailevu River — The Lambasa Plains
14. 14.CHAPTER X DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued ) — The Va-lili Range — The Waisali Saddle — The Tract of Nakambuta — The Valley of the Ndreke-ni-wai and its Tributaries
15. 15.CHAPTER XI DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued ) — The Koro-tini Range or Table-land
16. 16.CHAPTER XII DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued ) — The Koro-mbasanga Range — Mount Mbatini — The Vuinandi Gap — The Thambeyu or Mount Thurston Range — The Avuka Range
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued ) — The Valanga Range — The Mountain-Ridge of Mariko — The Savu-savu Peninsula — The District Between Naindi Bay and the Salt Lake — The Salt Lake
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued ) — The Natewa Peninsula — Mount Freeland or the Ngala Range
19. 19.CHAPTER XV DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued ) — The North-east Portion of the Island — The Southern Sea-border between Vuinandi and the Vicinity of Tawaki — The Inland Mountainous Region between the Eastern Foot of the Mount Thurston Range and the Vicinity of Tawaki — The Coast Ranges and Sea-border between Mbuthai-sau and Thawaro or Mbekana Bay — (1) The Sea-border between Lambasa and Mbuthai-sau — (2) The Sea-border between the Mbuthai-sau and the Langa-langa Rivers — (3) Sea-border between the Langa-langa River and Thawaro Bay
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued ) THE NORTH-EAST PORTION OF THE ISLAND ( continued ) — The Wainikoro and Kalikoso Plains — The Undu Promontory — (1) The District Extending two and a half miles West of Tawaki — (2) Naithombothombo Range — (3) The Undu Promontory East of Mount Thuku
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF VANUA LEVU — SYNOPSIS — First Order of the Olivine Basalts. — Second Order of the Olivine-Basalts. — Third Order of the Olivine-Basalts. — Fourth Order of the Olivine-Basalts. — First Order of the Augite-Andesites. — Second Order of the Augite-Andesites. — First Order of the Hypersthene-Augite Andesites. — Second Order of the Hypersthene-Augite Andesites. — Third Order of the Hypersthene-Augite Andesites. — Fourth Order of the Hypersthene-Augite Andesites. — The Plutonic Rocks.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF VANUA LEVU ( continued ) — Olivine Class Sub-Class II The Olivine Basalts ( Plag, oliv, matr. ) — I. Division of the Olivine-Basalts — 1. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 2. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 3. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 4. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 12. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 13. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 14. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 15. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 16. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 2. Division of the Olivine-Basalts — 25. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 26. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 33. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 37. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 38. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 40. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts — 44. Genus of the Olivine-Basalts
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF VANUA LEVU ( continued ) — Augite Class Sub-class II Augite-Andesites including the Basaltic Andesites ( Plag, aug, matr. ) — I. Granular Sub-order (Augite-Andesites) — 1. Genus of the Augite-Andesites — 2. Genus of the Augite-Andesites — 4. Genus of the Augite-Andesites — II Prismatic Sub-Order of the Augite-Andesites where the Felspar-lathes are not in Flow-arrangement — 6. Genus of the Augite-Andesites — III Ophitic Sub-order of the Augite-Andesites with the Felspars of the Groundmass not in Flow-arrangement. — 9. Genus of the Augite-Andesites — A. Porphyritic Sub-genus — B. Non-porphyritic Sub-genus — 10. Genus of the Augite-Andesites — 12. Genus of the Augite-Andesites — 4. Granular Sub-order of the Augite-Andesites — 13. Genus — 14. Genus of the Augite-Andesites — 16. Genus of the Augite-Andesites — 5. Sub-order, Prismatic, of the Augite-Andesites — 20. Genus of the Augite-Andesites — 6. Sub-order, Ophitic, of the Augite-Andesites
24. 24.CHAPTER XX THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF VANUA LEVU ( continued ) — Hypersthene-Augite Class II. Sub-Class. Hypersthene-Augite-Andesites — 1 Sub-Order, Granular, of the Hypersthene-Augite-Andesites — 2. Sub-order, Prismatic, of the Hypersthene-Augite-Andesites — 4. Sub-order, Granular, of the Hypersthene-Augite-Andesites — 13. Genus — 5. Sub-order, Prismatic, of the Hypersthene-Augite-Andesites — Third Order, Orthophyric, of the Hypersthene-Augite-Andesites — Fourth Order, Felsitic, of the Hypersthene-Augite Andesites
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF VANUA LEVU ( continued ) — Acid Andesites — The Acid-Andesites of Vanua Levu — Sub-Class Hypersthene-Andesites — Sub-Class Hornblende-Hypersthene-Andesites — Second Order of the Hornblende-Hypersthene-Andesites — Third Order of the Hornblende-Hypersthene-Andesites — Fourth Order of the Hornblende-Hypersthene-Andesites — Sub-Class Quartz-Hornblende-Hypersthene-Andesites or Dacites — Tabular Comparison of the Acid Andesites of Vanua Levu. — Oligoclase-Trachytes — Quartz Porphyries and Rhyolitic Rocks
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII Basic Glasses and Volcanic Agglomerates — Basic Pitchstone and Basic Glass — The Volcanic Agglomerates
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII CALCAREOUS FORMATIONS, VOLCANIC MUDS, PALAGONITE-TUFFS — The Upraised Coral Limestones — Shelly and Foraminiferal Limestones — Pteropod-ooze Rocks — Foraminiferous Volcanic Mud-rocks — Altered Volcanic Mud-rocks — Samples of the Altered Volcanic Mud-rocks — Submarine Basic Tuffs of Mixed Composition — Samples of the Submarine Basic Tuffs of Mixed Composition — Altered Basic Tuffs of Mixed Composition — Submarine Basic Pumice Tuffs — “Crush-Tuffs” formed of Basic Glass — Coarse Zeolitic Palagonite-tuffs — Chocolate-coloured Foraminiferous Palagonite-marls — Acid Pumice Tuffs
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV PALAGONITE — Note on the type of basalt found associated with palagonite. — Note on the changes produced through the hydration of palagonite.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV SILICIFIED CORALS AND FLINTS
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI MAGNETIC ROCKS
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII SOME CONCLUSIONS AND THEIR BEARINGS
32. 32.APPENDIX
33. 33.INDEX

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