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My experiments with volcanoes

Chapter 12: INDEX
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The memoir recounts the author's six decades of field experiments and observations on active volcanoes, describing the foundation and operation of a dedicated observatory, expeditions to volcanic regions worldwide, and the development of instruments and photographic techniques to study lava lakes, eruptions, and seismic activity. It traces the evolution of methods from early experimental geology to systematic monitoring, discusses collaborations and practical efforts to protect communities, and reflects on theoretical implications for Earth's internal processes. Illustrated with photographs and charts, it combines personal recollection, technical description of experiments and instruments, and reflections on scientific discovery and public service.

INDEX

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  • Cache Creek, 11
  • California, 39, 89, 103, 110, 111–113, 114–116, 136–137, 154
  • — University of, 89, 137
  • — volcanoes, 136
  • California Institute of Technology, 111
  • Calumet and Hecla, copper company, 72
  • Camiquin Island, 76
  • Cambrian, 6, 9, 22, 23, 28
  • — fossils, 22
  • — shales and limestones, 23
  • Cambridge, Mass., 164
  • Campbell, Archibald, 163
  • Canada, 6, 136, 182
  • Canadian Rockies, 23
  • Canary Islands, 131
  • Canna (arrowroot), 160
  • Canoe Bay, 142
  • Cape Nome, 141
  • Carib cones, 71
  • Caribbean Sea, 79, 117, 157, 183
  • — expeditions to, 55
  • — islands of, 55–65, 67, 76, 108
  • Carribee line, 66
  • Carisso (ship), 150
  • Carnegie, Andrew, 184
  • Carnegie Institution, 78, 86, 90, 111, 112
  • — Geophysical Laboratory of, 76, 86, 111
  • Carnegie Palace, Costa Rica, 79
  • Cartago earthquake of 1910, 78–84
  • Cartago expedition, 84
  • Cartwright, Bruce, 135
  • Cascade Mountains, xii, 82, 136
  • catastrophes, 55–84, 103–106, 132–134, 156
  • Catskills, 43
  • Central America, 55, 78–84
  • — expedition to, 55
  • Chadron Formation, 22
  • Chain of Craters, 118, 125, 154–155
  • Challenger (ship), 170
  • Charleston, 43, 45, 103
  • — earthquake, 43, 45
  • Charlotte Amalie, 157
  • Chateau Belair, W. I., 59, 61, 159
  • Chernofski village, 141
  • Cherry Island, 103
  • Chicago, 72
  • Chicago Natural History Museum, 24
  • Chilean coastal plain, 82
  • Chilton, C., 112
  • China, rivers of, 41
  • Chourré, ...., 122
  • Christchurch College, 110
  • Christiansand, Norway, 12
  • Christophersen, Erling, 135
  • Chugul, 141
  • Church, Dr., 57
  • Cincinnati, 53
  • Cincinnati arch, 50
  • clams, 135
  • Clark, W. O., 111
  • Clive, ...., 11
  • Coal Measures, 28
  • Coan, Titus, 91
  • Coast Survey, 137, 170
  • — station at Sitka, 137
  • Cody, Frank, 73, 123
  • Colby, F. T., 72–73
  • Collins, George, 135
  • Colorado, 28, 169, 173
  • Colorado River, 26, 38
  • Comstock Lode, 18
  • Congresses, 12, 112, 132, 134
  • — Australia Science, 132
  • — Hawaii, 112
  • — Japan, 134
  • — London Geography, 12
  • — Pacific Science, 112, 134
  • — Zurich Geological, 12
  • Connecticut River, 7
  • Constitution, U. S., 182
  • continental divide, 36
  • continental mediterranean sea, 22, 53
  • continental volcanoes, 181
  • Cook Channel, 109
  • Cook Strait, 110
  • Cooke, C. Montague, 135
  • Cooke, Joshiah, 5
  • copra, 148–149
  • coral islets, 135
  • Cordillera, 21, 49, 67, 78–84, 137, 177
  • Cosequina, 80
  • cosmology, 185–186
  • Costa Rica, 55, 79, 80, 108
  • — earthquake, 55
  • — rocky mountains of, 55
  • Costa Rica-Mexico line, 108
  • Cotton, C. A., 110
  • crabs, 149
  • Cramton, Louis C., 114, 136, 162
  • Crandall Creek mining claim, 8
  • crater lake, 80
  • Crawford, David L., 162
  • Croney, J. E., 63
  • Crooks Canyon, 26
  • Crooks Complex, 26–27
  • Crosby, W. O., 18, 72
  • cross-country cars, 131–132, 138
  • Crusoe, Robinson, 120
  • Culebra Cut, 82
  • Curtis, G. C., 56, 59, 159
  • Curzon, G. N., 12
  • Custer, G. A., 8

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