The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 1 (of 2)
Sir Archibald Geikie, then Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland, spent decades studying the extinct volcanoes of the British Isles, and this two-volume work sums up that research. The first volume begins with the principles and methods of investigation: how lavas, tuffs and agglomerates are recognized in the rocks, how old vents, dykes and sills can be traced, and how the geography of a vanished volcanic landscape can be reconstructed. It then begins the long chronological record with volcanic action in Pre-Cambrian time. Clear prose, maps and many illustrations make the argument accessible to a careful general reader as well as to geologists. It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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