Volcanos: The Character of Their Phenomena, Their Share in the Structure and Composition of the Surface of the Globe, and Their Relation to its Internal Forces
Author:   George Poulett Scrope
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date:   07 October 2011
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Volcanos: The Character of Their Phenomena, Their Share in the Structure and Composition of the Surface of the Globe, and Their Relation to its Internal Forces


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While a student, George Poulett Scrope (1797–1876) visited Vesuvius and Etna and developed a passionate enthusiasm for volcanos. He did pioneering fieldwork in France in 1821, witnessed the eruption of Vesuvius in 1822, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826. Scrope became increasingly involved in economics and politics, but later in his career published revised versions of two pioneering books on volcanism he had originally published in the 1820s. Volcanos (1862), reissued here, was based on his Considerations on Volcanos (1825, also reissued in this series) and dedicated to his life-long friend and colleague Charles Lyell. This influential work on volcanic phenomena includes a substantial catalogue of 'all known volcanos and volcanic formations' as well as a dramatic illustration of Vesuvius. It was translated into French and German, went into a second English edition in 1872, and was one of the foundational texts of volcanology.

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Author:   George Poulett Scrope
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9780511973284


ISBN 10:   0511973284
Publication Date:   07 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Dedication; 1. Introductory; 2. General view of volcanic action; 3. Phenomena of ordinary subaërial eruption; 4. Examination of volcanic phenomena; 5. Disposition of the fragmentary ejections; 6. Outflow and disposition of lava; 7. Mineral characters and composition of lavas; 8. Volcanic mountains; 9. On craters of volcanic mountains; 10. Subaqueous volcanos; 11. Systems of volcanos; 12. Relation of plutonic to volcanic action; Appendix; Index.

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