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
The Physical Geography of the Cambrian Period--The Pioneers of
Palæozoic Geology in Britain--Work of the Geological Survey in
Wales--Subdivisions of the Cambrian System in Britain 139
CHAPTER X
The Cambrian Volcanoes of South Wales 145
CHAPTER XI
The Cambrian Volcanoes of North Wales, the Malvern Hills and
Warwickshire 159
BOOK IV
THE SILURIAN VOLCANOES
CHAPTER XII
Characters of the Silurian System in Britain. The Arenig Volcanoes
The Land and Sea of Silurian time--Classification of the Silurian
System--General Petrography of the Silurian Volcanic Rocks--I.
The Eruptions of Arenig Age 173
CHAPTER XIII
The Eruptions of Llandeilo and Bala Age
i. The Builth Volcano--ii. The Volcanoes of Pembrokeshire--iii. The
Caernarvonshire Volcanoes of the Bala Period--iv. The Volcanic
District of the Berwyn Hills--v. The Volcanoes of Anglesey--vi.
The Volcanoes of the Lake District; Arenig to close of Bala
Period--vii. Upper Silurian (?) Volcanoes of Gloucestershire 202
CHAPTER XIV
The Silurian Volcanoes of Ireland 239
BOOK V
THE VOLCANOES OF DEVONIAN AND OLD RED SANDSTONE TIME
CHAPTER XV
The Devonian Volcanoes 257
CHAPTER XVI
The Volcanoes of the Old Red Sandstone
Geological Revolutions at the close of the Silurian Period Physical
Geography of the Old Red Sandstone--Old Lake-basins, their Flora
and Fauna--Abundance of Volcanoes--History of Investigation in
the Subject 263
CHAPTER XVII
Distribution of the Volcanic Centres in the Lower Old Red
Sandstone--Characters of the Materials Erupted by the Volcanoes 271
CHAPTER XVIII
Structure and Arrangement of the Lower Old Red Sandstone Volcanic
Rocks in the Field 281
CHAPTER XIX
Volcanoes of the Lower Old Red Sandstone of "Lake Caledonia"
Description of the several Volcanic Districts: "Lake Caledonia,"
its Chains of Volcanoes--The Northern Chain: Montrose
Group--Ochil and Sidlaw Hills--the Arran and Cantyre Centre--the
Ulster Centre 294
CHAPTER XX
Volcanoes of the Lower Old Red Sandstone of
"Lake Caledonia"--_continued_
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