Volcanic Islands

Оглавление

Darwin Charles. Volcanic Islands

CRITICAL INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I. – ST. JAGO, IN THE CAPE DE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO

CHAPTER II. – FERNANDO NORONHA; TERCEIRA; TAHITI, ETC

CHAPTER III. – ASCENSION

CHAPTER IV. – ST. HELENA

CHAPTER V. – GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO

CHAPTER VI. – TRACHYTE AND BASALT. – DISTRIBUTION OF VOLCANIC ISLES

CHAPTER VII. – AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

Отрывок из книги

Rocks of the lowest series.

A calcareous sedimentary deposit, with recent shells, altered by the contact of superincumbent lava, its horizontality and extent.

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B. – Calcareous stratum.

C. – Upper basaltic lava.)

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