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

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

Archibald Geikie

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The second volume moves into the Carboniferous volcanoes, from the north of England to the Derbyshire toadstones and the Isle of Man. Sir Archibald Geikie maps eruption after ancient eruption across the land. A definitive geological survey of Britain's fiery past. For the serious reader of earth history, the story of a vanished age of volcanoes.

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  1. 1THE ANCIENT VOLCANOES OF GREAT BRITAIN
  2. 2THE ANCIENT VOLCANOES OF GREAT BRITAIN
  3. 3SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, F.R.S.
  4. 4CONTENTS
  5. 5LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. 6MAPS
  7. 7CHAPTER XXIX THE CARBONIFEROUS VOLCANOES OF ENGLAND
  8. 81. THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
  9. 92. THE DERBYSHIRE TOADSTONES
  10. 103. THE ISLE OF MAN
  11. 114. EAST SOMERSET
  12. 125. DEVONSHIRE
  13. 13CHAPTER XXX THE CARBONIFEROUS VOLCANOES OF IRELAND
  14. 141. KING'S COUNTY
  15. 152. THE LIMERICK BASIN
  16. 163. THE VOLCANIC BRECCIAS OF DOUBTFUL AGE IN COUNTY CORK
  17. 17BOOK VII THE PERMIAN VOLCANOES
  18. 18CHAPTER XXXI THE PERMIAN VOLCANOES OF SCOTLAND

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