The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes
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Edwin J. Houston. The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes
The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes
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CHAPTER I. THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA IN 1883
CHAPTER II. SOME EFFECTS OF THE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA
CHAPTER III. THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF HAWAII
CHAPTER IV. THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF ICELAND
CHAPTER V. VESUVIUS
CHAPTER VI. OTHER VOLCANOES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
CHAPTER VII. ORIZABA, POPOCATEPETL, IXTACCIHUATL, AND OTHER VOLCANOES OF MEXICO
CHAPTER VIII. COSEGUINA AND OTHER VOLCANOES OF CENTRAL AMERICA
CHAPTER IX. THE VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH AMERICA
CHAPTER X. VOLCANOES OF THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER XI. THE CATASTROPHE OF MARTINIQUE AND THE. VOLCANIC ISLANDS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES
CHAPTER XII. SOME OTHER NOTED VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XIII. JORULLO, A YOUNG VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN
CHAPTER XIV. MID-OCEAN VOLCANIC ISLANDS
CHAPTER XV. SUBMARINE VOLCANOES
CHAPTER XVI. DISTRIBUTION OF THE EARTH'S VOLCANOES
CHAPTER XVII. VOLCANOES OF THE GEOLOGICAL PAST
CHAPTER XVIII. LAPLACE'S NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
CHAPTER XIX. THE EARTH'S HEATED INTERIOR, THE CAUSE OF VOLCANOES
CHAPTER XX. SOME FORMS OF LAVA
CHAPTER XXI. MUD VOLCANOES AND HOT SPRINGS
CHAPTER XXII. THE VOLCANOES OF THE MOON
CHAPTER XXIII. EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXIV. SOME OF THE PHENOMENA OF EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXV. THE EARTHQUAKE OF CALABRIA IN 1783
CHAPTER XXVI. THE GREAT LISBON EARTHQUAKE OF 1755
CHAPTER XXVII. THE EARTHQUAKE OF CUTCH, INDIA, IN 1819
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE OF APRIL 18, 1906
CHAPTER XXIX. SOME OTHER NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXX. SODOM AND GOMORRAH AND THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN
CHAPTER XXXI. INSTRUMENTS FOR RECORDING AND MEASURING EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
CHAPTER XXXII. SEAQUAKES
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DISTRIBUTION OF EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XXXV. EARTHQUAKES OF THE GEOLOGICAL PAST—CATACLYSMS
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE KIMBERLY DIAMOND FIELDS AND THEIR VOLCANIC ORIGIN
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE FABLED CONTINENT OF ATLANTIS
CHAPTER XXXVIII. PLATO'S ACCOUNT OF ATLANTIS
CHAPTER XXXIX. NATURE'S WARNING OF COMING EARTHQUAKES
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Edwin J. Houston
Published by Good Press, 2019
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From Dana's Manual of Geology
Of these mountains, Mt. Loa and Kilauea are the only active volcanoes, and are in frequent eruption. Mt. Haulalai was in eruption during 1804. Mt. Kea has not been active during historical times, while Mt. Kohala has been inactive for so long a time that its slopes are deeply gullied wherever the rivers flow down them.
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