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CONSIDERATIONS ON VOLCANOS
THE PROBABLE CAUSES OF THEIR PHENOMENA, THE LAWS WHICH DETERMINE THEIR MARCH, THE DISPOSITION OF THEIR PRODUCTS, AND THEIR CONNEXION WITH THE PRESENT STATE AND PAST HISTORY OF THE GLOBE |
| By: |
George Poulett Scrope |
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Electronic book text |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0511973071 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780511973079 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
7 September, 2011 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science |
| Description: |
A pioneering attempt at a comprehensive theory of volcanic action, and a tracing of geological history using volcanos as evidence. |
| Synopsis: |
George Julius Poulett Scrope (1797-1876) published Considerations on Volcanos in 1825. The work contains the results of his observations of volcanos in the volcanic regions of central France, Italy and Germany. It includes scientific descriptions of all volcanos in these areas, with each categorised according to its level of activity, main characteristics and geological history. Scope's work was one of the first attempts at a comprehensive theory of volcanic action and an understanding of the significance of volcanos as evidence for the earth's history. Scrope argued that volcanos should be studied in terms of known geological processes, and that 'non-catastrophic' causes should be considered to explain their formation. He argued that a gradual cooling of the earth was key to the formation of volcanos. This is a major work of nineteenth-century geology that sets out many of the principles still followed in vulcanology. |
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27 b/w illus. 1 map |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
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Non-returnable |
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