Volcanoes: Past and Present

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Author

Hull, Edward, 1829-1917

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E-text prepared by Steven Gibbs, Stephen H. Sentoff, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

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English

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QE: Science: Geology

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Igneous rocks

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31627

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Release Date

March 13, 2010

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.VOLCANOES: PAST AND PRESENT. — VOLCANOES: PAST AND PRESENT. — BY
2. 2.EDWARD HULL, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS. — Volcanoes: Past and Present. — PART I. INTRODUCTION.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. HISTORIC NOTICES OF VOLCANIC ACTION.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. FORM, STRUCTURE, AND COMPOSITION OF VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. LINES AND GROUPS OF ACTIVE VOLCANIC VENTS.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. MID-OCEAN VOLCANIC ISLANDS. — PART II. EUROPEAN VOLCANOES.
10. 10.CHAPTER I. VESUVIUS.
11. 11.CHAPTER II. ETNA.
12. 12.CHAPTER III. THE LIPARI ISLANDS, STROMBOLI.
13. 13.CHAPTER IV. THE SANTORIN GROUP.
14. 14.CHAPTER V. EUROPEAN EXTINCT OR DORMANT VOLCANOES.
15. 15.CHAPTER VI. EXTINCT VOLCANOES OF CENTRAL FRANCE.
16. 16.CHAPTER VII. THE VOLCANIC DISTRICT OF THE RHINE VALLEY. — PART III. DORMANT OR MORIBUND VOLCANOES OF OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
17. 17.CHAPTER I. DORMANT VOLCANOES OF PALESTINE AND ARABIA.
18. 18.CHAPTER II. THE VOLCANIC REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA.
19. 19.CHAPTER III. VOLCANOES OF NEW ZEALAND. — PART IV. TERTIARY VOLCANIC DISTRICTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES.
20. 20.CHAPTER I. ANTRIM.
21. 21.CHAPTER II. SUCCESSION OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.
22. 22.CHAPTER III. ISLAND OF MULL AND ADJOINING COAST.
23. 23.CHAPTER IV. ISLE OF SKYE.
24. 24.CHAPTER V. THE SCUIR OF EIGG.
25. 25.CHAPTER VI. ISLE OF STAFFA. — PART V. PRE-TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS.
26. 26.CHAPTER I. THE DECCAN TRAP-SERIES OF INDIA.
27. 27.CHAPTER II. ABYSSINIAN TABLE-LANDS.
28. 28.CHAPTER III. CAPE COLONY.
29. 29.CHAPTER IV. VOLCANIC ROCKS OF PAST GEOLOGICAL PERIODS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. — PART VI. SPECIAL VOLCANIC AND SEISMIC PHENOMENA.
30. 30.CHAPTER I. THE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA IN 1883.
31. 31.CHAPTER II. EARTHQUAKES. — PART VII. VOLCANIC AND SEISMIC PROBLEMS.
32. 32.CHAPTER I. THE ULTIMATE CAUSE OF VOLCANIC ACTION.
33. 33.CHAPTER II. LUNAR VOLCANOES.
34. 34.CHAPTER III. ARE WE LIVING IN AN EPOCH OF SPECIAL VOLCANIC ACTIVITY?
35. 35.APPENDIX. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL VARIETIES OF VOLCANIC ROCKS.
36. 36.EXPLANATION OF PLATE I.
37. 37.EXPLANATION OF PLATE II.
38. 38.EXPLANATION OF PLATE III.
39. 39.EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV. — INDEX.
40. 40.INDEX.
41. 41.The Contemporary Science Series.
42. 42.The Contemporary Science Series—continued.
43. 43.Transcriber's Note:

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