Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General ReaderHobbs, William Herbert
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Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General Reader
Hobbs, William Herbert
Geology; Physical geography
85. House wrecked in San Francisco earthquake 90
86. Building wrecked in California earthquake by roof and upper
floor battering down the upper walls 91
87. Breached volcanic cone in New Zealand showing the bending
down of the strata near the vent 96
88. View of the new Camiguin volcano formed in 1871 in the
Philippines 97
89. Map to show the belts of active volcanoes 98
90. A portion of the “fire girdle” of the Pacific 98
91. Volcanic cones formed in 1783 above the Skaptár fissure in
Iceland 99
92. Diagrams to illustrate the location of volcanic vents upon
fissure lines 100
93. Outline map showing the arrangement of volcanic vents upon
the island of Java 100
94. Map showing the migration of volcanoes along a fissure 101
95. Basaltic plateau of the northwestern United States due to
fissure eruptions of lava 102
96. Lava plains about the Snake River in Idaho 102
97. Characteristic profiles of lava volcanoes 103
98. A driblet cone 104
99. Leffingwell Crater, a cinder cone in the Owens Valley,
California 104
100. Map of Hawaii and its lava volcanoes 106
101. Section through Mauna Loa and Kilauea 106
102. Schematic diagram to illustrate the moving platform in the
crater of Kilauea 107
103. View of the open lava lake of Halemaumau 108
104. Map to show the manner of outflow of the lava from Kilauea
in the eruption of 1840 109
105. Lava of Matavanu flowing down to the sea during the eruption
of 1906 110
106. Lava stream discharging into the sea from a lava tunnel 111
107. Diagrammatic representation of the structure of lava
volcanoes as a result of the draining of frozen lava streams 112
108. Diagram to show the formation of mesas by outflow of lava in
valleys and subsequent erosion 112
109. Surface of lava of the Pahoehoe type 113
110. Three successive views to show the growth of the island of
Savaii, from lava outflow in 1906 113
111. View of the volcano of Stromboli showing the excentric
position of the crater 116
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