EDWARD HULL, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. HISTORIC NOTICES OF VOLCANIC ACTION.
CHAPTER II. FORM, STRUCTURE, AND COMPOSITION OF VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS.
CHAPTER III. LINES AND GROUPS OF ACTIVE VOLCANIC VENTS.
CHAPTER IV. MID-OCEAN VOLCANIC ISLANDS.
CHAPTER I. VESUVIUS.
CHAPTER II. ETNA.
CHAPTER III. THE LIPARI ISLANDS, STROMBOLI.
CHAPTER IV. THE SANTORIN GROUP.
CHAPTER V. EUROPEAN EXTINCT OR DORMANT VOLCANOES.
CHAPTER VI. EXTINCT VOLCANOES OF CENTRAL FRANCE.
CHAPTER VII. THE VOLCANIC DISTRICT OF THE RHINE VALLEY.
CHAPTER I. DORMANT VOLCANOES OF PALESTINE AND ARABIA.
CHAPTER II. THE VOLCANIC REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA.
CHAPTER III. VOLCANOES OF NEW ZEALAND.
CHAPTER I. ANTRIM.
CHAPTER II. SUCCESSION OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.
CHAPTER III. ISLAND OF MULL AND ADJOINING COAST.
CHAPTER IV. ISLE OF SKYE.
CHAPTER V. THE SCUIR OF EIGG.
CHAPTER VI. ISLE OF STAFFA.
CHAPTER I. THE DECCAN TRAP-SERIES OF INDIA.
CHAPTER II. ABYSSINIAN TABLE-LANDS.
CHAPTER III. CAPE COLONY.
CHAPTER IV. VOLCANIC ROCKS OF PAST GEOLOGICAL PERIODS OF THE BRITISH ISLES.
CHAPTER I. THE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA IN 1883.
CHAPTER II. EARTHQUAKES.
CHAPTER I. THE ULTIMATE CAUSE OF VOLCANIC ACTION.
CHAPTER II. LUNAR VOLCANOES.
CHAPTER III. ARE WE LIVING IN AN EPOCH OF SPECIAL VOLCANIC ACTIVITY?
APPENDIX. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL VARIETIES OF VOLCANIC ROCKS.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE I.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE II.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE III.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV.
INDEX.
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Transcriber's Note:
Title: Volcanoes: Past and Present
Author: Edward Hull
Language: English
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THE CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE SERIES.
Edited by HAVELOCK ELLIS.