The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 1 (of 2)Geikie, Archibald
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The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 1 (of 2)
Geikie, Archibald
Volcanoes -- Great Britain
In the second or central example (B) we have a pipe and cone which have
been similarly disturbed. But in this case denudation has proceeded
so far as to reveal the cone and even to cut away a portion of it, as
shown by the dotted lines to the right hand. Owing, however, to the
general inclination of the rocks towards the left, that side of the
cone, together with the tuffs or lavas connected with it, still lies
buried and protected under cover of the sedimentary formations (_s_,
_s_).
The third example (C) shows a much more advanced stage of destruction.
Here the whole of the cone has been worn away. All the lavas and tuffs
which were ejected from it towards the right have likewise disappeared,
and strata older than the eruptions of this vent now come to the
surface there. To the left, however, a little portion of its lavas
still remains at _l_, though all the intervening volcanic material has
been removed. That solitary fragment of the outpourings of this volcano
once extended further to the left hand, but the occurrence of the
large dislocation (_f_) has carried this extension for down below the
surface. The vent in this instance, owing to its position, has suffered
more from denudation than the other two. Yet, judged by the size of
its neck, it was probably larger than either of them, and threw out a
more extensive pile of volcanic material. Its funnel has been filled
with agglomerate (_a_), through which a central plug of lava (_p_) has
ascended, and into which dykes or veins (_d_, _d_), the last efforts of
eruption, have been injected.
This diagram will serve to illustrate the fact already so often
insisted on, that although denudation may entirely remove a volcanic
cone, and also all the lavas and tuffs which issued from it, the actual
filled-up pipe cannot be so effaced, but is practically permanent.
CHAPTER VI
Underground Phases of Volcanic Action--_continued_. II.
Subterranean Movements of the Magma: i. Dykes and Veins; ii.
Sills and Laccolites; iii. Bosses (Stocks, Culots)--Conditions
that govern the Intrusion of Molten Rock within the Terrestrial
Crust.
II. Subterranean Movements of the Magma
In the foregoing pages attention has been more specially directed to
those aspects of volcanic energy which reveal themselves above ground
and in eruptive vents. We have now to consider the various ways in
which the molten magma is injected into the crust of the earth.
Such injection must obviously take place during the expulsion of
volcanic materials to the surface. If the explosive violence of an
eruption, or the concomitant movements of the earth's crust, should
lead to ruptures among the subterranean rocks, the molten magma will
be forced into these rents. It is evident that this may happen either
with or without any discharge of lava at the surface. It may be either
entirely a plutonic, that is, a deep-seated phenomenon, or it may be
part of a truly volcanic series of events.
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