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... Eastern View of Monts Dôme , from the Croix de Pirobot , between Volvic and Channat .. V. The Southern Chain of Puys ... East to West and from N.N.E. to S.S.W ... To face page 105 136 150 99 163 187 99 194 99 205 99 Frontispiece . At the ...
... Eastern View of Monts Dôme , from the Croix de Pirobot , between Volvic and Channat .. V. The Southern Chain of Puys ... East to West and from N.N.E. to S.S.W ... To face page 105 136 150 99 163 187 99 194 99 205 99 Frontispiece . At the ...
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... east of that river , in the departments Drôme , Isère , and Hautes Alpes . On the south - west also this high ground ... eastern angle SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL FRANCE -CANTAL The Volcanic Mountain § 2 Canton d'Aubrac.
... east of that river , in the departments Drôme , Isère , and Hautes Alpes . On the south - west also this high ground ... eastern angle SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL FRANCE -CANTAL The Volcanic Mountain § 2 Canton d'Aubrac.
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George Poulett Scrope. platform , tilted up at its south - eastern angle , and declining gradually to the north - west . The principal mass of this ele- vated district is composed of primary crystalline rocks , chiefly granite ...
George Poulett Scrope. platform , tilted up at its south - eastern angle , and declining gradually to the north - west . The principal mass of this ele- vated district is composed of primary crystalline rocks , chiefly granite ...
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... east to south - south - west , from near Moulins to Mauriac . The direc- tion of this line is remarkably coincident with the apparent axis of the granitic dome , and with the neighbouring volcanic range . The most important of these ...
... east to south - south - west , from near Moulins to Mauriac . The direc- tion of this line is remarkably coincident with the apparent axis of the granitic dome , and with the neighbouring volcanic range . The most important of these ...
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... east , and that of the Monts Dômes , which separates the Allier from the Sioule on the west . An arm of the same lake also evidently reached some way up the valley of the Loire from the junction of that river and the Allier to the ...
... east , and that of the Monts Dômes , which separates the Allier from the Sioule on the west . An arm of the same lake also evidently reached some way up the valley of the Loire from the junction of that river and the Allier to the ...
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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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