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... Dôme , and passed some months in continual examination of the geology of the neighbourhood ; removing from thence , as it became convenient , to the Baths of Mont Dore , Le Puy ( Haute Loire ) , and Aubenas ( Ardèche ) . I afterwards ...
... Dôme , and passed some months in continual examination of the geology of the neighbourhood ; removing from thence , as it became convenient , to the Baths of Mont Dore , Le Puy ( Haute Loire ) , and Aubenas ( Ardèche ) . I afterwards ...
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... Dôme , and passed some months in continual examination of the geology of the neighbourhood ; removing from thence , as it became convenient , to the Baths of Mont Dore , Le Puy ( Haute Loire ) , and Aubenas ( Ardèche ) . I afterwards ...
... Dôme , and passed some months in continual examination of the geology of the neighbourhood ; removing from thence , as it became convenient , to the Baths of Mont Dore , Le Puy ( Haute Loire ) , and Aubenas ( Ardèche ) . I afterwards ...
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... MONTS DOME AND THE LIMAGNE D'AUVERGNE 1. Chain of Puys . 2. Products of earlier Eruptions . CHAPTER VI . REGION II . - THE MONT DORE § 1. The Volcanic Mountain - Its general Outline - Conglomerates . - § 2. Structure - Central Peaks ...
... MONTS DOME AND THE LIMAGNE D'AUVERGNE 1. Chain of Puys . 2. Products of earlier Eruptions . CHAPTER VI . REGION II . - THE MONT DORE § 1. The Volcanic Mountain - Its general Outline - Conglomerates . - § 2. Structure - Central Peaks ...
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... Monts Dôme , from the summit of the Puy Chopine .. .. IV . Eastern View of Monts Dôme , from the Croix de Pirobot , between Volvic and Channat .. V. The Southern Chain of Puys , from the Puy de la Rodde VII . Valley of the Dordogne and ...
... Monts Dôme , from the summit of the Puy Chopine .. .. IV . Eastern View of Monts Dôme , from the Croix de Pirobot , between Volvic and Channat .. V. The Southern Chain of Puys , from the Puy de la Rodde VII . Valley of the Dordogne and ...
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... Monts Dore and Dôme , published his Essaysur la Théorie des Volcans d'Auvergne , ' and exhibited in their true light the various relations and distinct characters of these interesting volcanic remains . Desmarest , in his Memoir for ...
... Monts Dore and Dôme , published his Essaysur la Théorie des Volcans d'Auvergne , ' and exhibited in their true light the various relations and distinct characters of these interesting volcanic remains . Desmarest , in his Memoir for ...
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Allier ancient appears Ardèche augite Auvergne basin bed of basalt breccia calcareous calcareous peperino Cantal cellular Central France chain of puys channel character Clermont clinkstone colour columnar compact conglomerate considerable contains covered crater Crown 8vo current of lava deposits distance district domite dyke east Edition elevation eruption evidently excavation Fcap feet felspar fissures flowed formed fragments freshwater formation geologists Gergovia gneiss granitic platform Graveneire Haute Loire heights hill Illustrations lacustrine lake lava lava-current Le Puy Limagne limestone marls mass matter Mezen miles Mont Dore Monts Dôme mountain neighbouring numerous observed occupied olivine Pariou peperino plain Plate plateau points Pomel Pont Portrait Post 8vo prisms probably Puy de Dôme recent remarkable ridge rise river rock sandstone scoriæ side Sioule slope strata stream of lava substance summit surface tertiary thick tion trachyte tuff valley vent Vivarais volcanic cones Vols Woodcuts
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