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
112. Diagrams to illustrate the eruptions within the crater of
Stromboli 117
113. Map of Volcano in the Æolian Islands 118
114. “Bread-crust” lava projectile from the eruption of Volcano
in 1888 119
115. “Cauliflower cloud” of steam and ash rising above the cinder
cone of Volcano 120
116. Eruption of Taal volcano in 1911 seen from a distance of six
miles 120
117. The thick mud veneer upon the island of Taal (after a
photograph by Deniston) 121
118. A pear-shaped lava projectile 121
119. Artificial production of a cinder cone 122
120. Diagram to show the contrast between a lava dome and a
cinder cone 123
121. Mayon volcano on the island of Luzon, Philippine Islands 123
122. A series of breached cinder cones due to migration of the
eruption along a fissure 124
123. The mouth upon the inner cone of Mount Vesuvius from which
flowed the lava of 1872 124
124. A row of parasitic cones raised above a fissure opened on
the flanks of Etna in 1892 125
125. View of Etna, showing the parasitic cones upon its flanks 125
126. Sketch map of Etna to show the areas covered by lava and
tuff respectively 126
127. Panum crater showing the caldera 126
128. View of Mount Vesuvius before the eruption of 1906 127
129. Sketches of the summit of the Vesuvian cone to bring out the
changes in its outline 128
130. Night view of Vesuvius from Naples before the outbreak of
1906, showing a small lava stream descending the central cone 129
131. Scoriaceous lava encroaching upon the tracks of the Vesuvian
railway 130
132. Map of Vesuvius, showing the position of the lava mouths
opened upon its flanks during the eruption of 1906 131
133. The ash curtain over Vesuvius lifting and disclosing the
outlines of the mountain 132
134. The central cone of Vesuvius as it appeared after the
eruption of 1906 132
135. A sunken road upon Vesuvius filled with indrifted ash 133
136. View of Vesuvius from the southwest during the waning stages
of the eruption 133
137. The main lava stream advancing upon Boscotrecase 133
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