Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES AND MAPS
- PART I DESCRIPTIVE PORTION
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- CHAPTER II GENERAL NATURE OF VOLCANIC ACTION
- CHAPTER III ON THE VOLCANOS OF FRANCE
- CHAPTER IV ON THE VOLCANOS OF GERMANY
- CHAPTER V VOLCANIC ROCKS OF HUNGARY
- CHAPTER VI VOLCANIC ROCKS OF TRANSYLVANIA
- CHAPTER VII VOLCANIC ROCKS OF STYRIA
- CHAPTER VIII VOLCANIC ROCKS OF NORTHERN ITALY
- CHAPTER IX CENTRAL ITALY
- CHAPTER X SOUTHERN ITALY
- CHAPTER XI VOLCANOS OF SOUTHERN ITALY (continued)
- CHAPTER XII SOUTHERN ITALY (continued)
- CHAPTER XIII ISLANDS OF PROCIDA AND ISCHIA
- CHAPTER XIV LIPARI GROUP OF ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XV VOLCANIC ROCKS OF SICILY, ETC
- CHAPTER XVI SARDINIA—SPAIN PORTUGAL
- CHAPTER XVII VOLCANOS OF ICELAND
- CHAPTER XVIII GRECIAN ARCHIPELAGO
- CHAPTER XIX ASIA MINOR
- CHAPTER XX SYRIA, THE HOLY LAND, AND ARABIA
- CHAPTER XXI VOLCANIC PHENOMENA OF PERSIA AND THE ADJOINING COUNTRIES
- CHAPTER XXII VOLCANOS OF CENTRAL ASIA
- CHAPTER XXIII VOLCANOS OF KAMTSCHATKA AND THE CHINESE SEAS
- CHAPTER XXIV INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO
- CHAPTER XXV ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
- CHAPTER XXVI ISLANDS ON THE EASTERN COAST OF AFRICA
- CHAPTER XXVII AFRICAN CONTINENT
- CHAPTER XXVIII ISLANDS LYING TO THE WEST OF AFRICA
- CHAPTER XXIX WEST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO
- CHAPTER XXX VOLCANOS OF NORTH AMERICA, OR ABOVE THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN
- CHAPTER XXXI VOLCANOS OF SOUTH AMERICA, OR SOUTH OF THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN
- PART II ON PHÆNOMENA NOT IMMEDIATELY ARISING FROM VOLCANOS, BUT SUPPOSED TO BE CONNECTED WITH THEM
- PART III DEDUCTIONS FROM THE FOREGOING FACTS: WITH REFERENCE TO THE CAUSES OF VOLCANOS; THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT INFLUENCE THE CHARACTER OF THEIR PRODUCTS; AND THE USES THEY FULFIL IN THE ECONOMY OF NATURE
- ERRATA
- APPENDIX
- LIST OF WORKS RELATING TO VOLCANOS
- Plate section
CHAPTER VIII - VOLCANIC ROCKS OF NORTHERN ITALY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES AND MAPS
- PART I DESCRIPTIVE PORTION
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- CHAPTER II GENERAL NATURE OF VOLCANIC ACTION
- CHAPTER III ON THE VOLCANOS OF FRANCE
- CHAPTER IV ON THE VOLCANOS OF GERMANY
- CHAPTER V VOLCANIC ROCKS OF HUNGARY
- CHAPTER VI VOLCANIC ROCKS OF TRANSYLVANIA
- CHAPTER VII VOLCANIC ROCKS OF STYRIA
- CHAPTER VIII VOLCANIC ROCKS OF NORTHERN ITALY
- CHAPTER IX CENTRAL ITALY
- CHAPTER X SOUTHERN ITALY
- CHAPTER XI VOLCANOS OF SOUTHERN ITALY (continued)
- CHAPTER XII SOUTHERN ITALY (continued)
- CHAPTER XIII ISLANDS OF PROCIDA AND ISCHIA
- CHAPTER XIV LIPARI GROUP OF ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XV VOLCANIC ROCKS OF SICILY, ETC
- CHAPTER XVI SARDINIA—SPAIN PORTUGAL
- CHAPTER XVII VOLCANOS OF ICELAND
- CHAPTER XVIII GRECIAN ARCHIPELAGO
- CHAPTER XIX ASIA MINOR
- CHAPTER XX SYRIA, THE HOLY LAND, AND ARABIA
- CHAPTER XXI VOLCANIC PHENOMENA OF PERSIA AND THE ADJOINING COUNTRIES
- CHAPTER XXII VOLCANOS OF CENTRAL ASIA
- CHAPTER XXIII VOLCANOS OF KAMTSCHATKA AND THE CHINESE SEAS
- CHAPTER XXIV INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO
- CHAPTER XXV ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
- CHAPTER XXVI ISLANDS ON THE EASTERN COAST OF AFRICA
- CHAPTER XXVII AFRICAN CONTINENT
- CHAPTER XXVIII ISLANDS LYING TO THE WEST OF AFRICA
- CHAPTER XXIX WEST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO
- CHAPTER XXX VOLCANOS OF NORTH AMERICA, OR ABOVE THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN
- CHAPTER XXXI VOLCANOS OF SOUTH AMERICA, OR SOUTH OF THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN
- PART II ON PHÆNOMENA NOT IMMEDIATELY ARISING FROM VOLCANOS, BUT SUPPOSED TO BE CONNECTED WITH THEM
- PART III DEDUCTIONS FROM THE FOREGOING FACTS: WITH REFERENCE TO THE CAUSES OF VOLCANOS; THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT INFLUENCE THE CHARACTER OF THEIR PRODUCTS; AND THE USES THEY FULFIL IN THE ECONOMY OF NATURE
- ERRATA
- APPENDIX
- LIST OF WORKS RELATING TO VOLCANOS
- Plate section
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- A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos, of Earthquakes, and of Thermal Springs , pp. 139 - 150Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1848