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... - Probable Changes of Level . APPENDIX . CATALOGUES OF ORGANIC REMAINS TABLE OF HEIGHTS .. .. .. EXPLANATION OF THE MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS .. INDEX : : : : : : 217 232 234 247 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . Plate . .. VI . Valley xvi CONTENTS .
... - Probable Changes of Level . APPENDIX . CATALOGUES OF ORGANIC REMAINS TABLE OF HEIGHTS .. .. .. EXPLANATION OF THE MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS .. INDEX : : : : : : 217 232 234 247 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . Plate . .. VI . Valley xvi CONTENTS .
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George Poulett Scrope. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . Plate . .. VI . Valley of Villar and Plateau of Prudelle VIII . Clinkstone Rocks , Tuilière and Sanadoire , from the Puy Gros ( Mont Dore ) .. X. Montagne de Bonnevie ( a cluster of Basaltic ...
George Poulett Scrope. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . Plate . .. VI . Valley of Villar and Plateau of Prudelle VIII . Clinkstone Rocks , Tuilière and Sanadoire , from the Puy Gros ( Mont Dore ) .. X. Montagne de Bonnevie ( a cluster of Basaltic ...
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... Plates I. and II . . † A volcanic " cone of eruption " in its normal form , with a " crater " or cup - shaped hollow at its summit , is the result of the accumulation round the volcanic orifice or vent of the scoriæ and other ...
... Plates I. and II . . † A volcanic " cone of eruption " in its normal form , with a " crater " or cup - shaped hollow at its summit , is the result of the accumulation round the volcanic orifice or vent of the scoriæ and other ...
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... the basaltic platforms of Auvergne is still called and spelt La Serre . † See Plate II . , and the Map of the Monts Dôme . observed near the village of Chalucet on the further bank CHAP . V. 43 CHAIN OF PUYS , OR MONTS DOME .
... the basaltic platforms of Auvergne is still called and spelt La Serre . † See Plate II . , and the Map of the Monts Dôme . observed near the village of Chalucet on the further bank CHAP . V. 43 CHAIN OF PUYS , OR MONTS DOME .
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... Plate III . , and the map of the Monts Dôme . In Iceland M. Robert describes ( ' Voyage en Islande , ' Paris , 1840 ) the Mont Baula as a pyramidal dome of yellowish - white very porous trachyte , partly columnar , at the foot of which ...
... Plate III . , and the map of the Monts Dôme . In Iceland M. Robert describes ( ' Voyage en Islande , ' Paris , 1840 ) the Mont Baula as a pyramidal dome of yellowish - white very porous trachyte , partly columnar , at the foot of which ...
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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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