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The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 2 (of 2)

Chapter 2: SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, F.R.S.
By Archibald Geikie
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The volume surveys Britain's igneous history from Carboniferous through Permian to Tertiary times, presenting regional field studies, maps, and illustrations that document dykes, sills, volcanic necks, plateaux, lavas and fragmental deposits. It describes petrographic characters, structural relations, contact metamorphism, and the geometry and distribution of intrusive and extrusive bodies across England, Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man and adjacent islands. Comparative discussion links ancient features to modern volcanic processes, using volcanic vents, basalt plateaux and dyke systems to reconstruct eruptive styles, stratigraphic succession, and changing paleogeography while clarifying methods for estimating relative age and origin of the volcanic rocks.

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Title: The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 2 (of 2)

Author: Archibald Geikie

Release date: January 5, 2022 [eBook #66493]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: Macmillan and Co, 1897

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ANCIENT VOLCANOES OF GREAT BRITAIN, VOLUME 2 (OF 2) ***

THE ANCIENT VOLCANOES OF GREAT BRITAIN

THE
ANCIENT VOLCANOES
OF
GREAT BRITAIN

BY

SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, F.R.S.

D.C.L. Oxf., D. Sc. Camb., Dubl.; LL.D. St. And., Edinb.

DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; CORRESPONDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE; OF THE ACADEMIES OF BERLIN, VIENNA, MUNICH, TURIN, BELGIUM, STOCKHOLM, GÖTTINGEN, NEW YORK; OF THE IMPERIAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY AND SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS, ST. PETERSBURG; NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, MOSCOW; SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, CHRISTIANIA; AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY; OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON, FRANCE, BELGIUM, STOCKHOLM, ETC.

WITH SEVEN MAPS AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS


IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. II

London

MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited.
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
1897
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