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Volcanic Islands

by Charles Darwin (1809–1882)

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Charles_Darwin_seated.jpg: Henry Maull (1829–1914) and John Fox (1832–1907) (Maull & Fox) [3] derivative work: Beao · Public domain

72 chapters, about 57,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

  1. EDITORIAL NOTE 600 words
  2. CRITICAL INTRODUCTION. 3,500 words
  3. CHAPTER I. ST. JAGO, IN THE CAPE DE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO. 2,200 words
  4. THE EXTENT AND HORIZONTALITY OF THE CALCAREOUS STRATUM. 700 words
  5. THE BASALTIC LAVA, SUPERINCUMBENT ON THE CALCAREOUS DEPOSIT. 1,900 words
  6. SIGNAL POST HILL. 800 words
  7. INLAND HILLS OF MORE ANCIENT VOLCANIC ROCKS. 1,500 words
  8. VALLEYS NEAR THE COAST. 300 words
  9. FERNANDO NORONHA. 300 words
  10. TERCEIRA IN THE AZORES. 100 words
  11. EFFECTS OF STEAM ON THE TRACHYTIC ROCKS. 500 words
  12. TAHITI (OTAHEITE). 800 words
  13. MAURITIUS. 1,300 words
  14. ST. PAUL’S ROCKS. 300 words
  15. A GLOSSY INCRUSTATION. 400 words
  16. (MAP 2: THE ISLAND OF ASCENSION.) 200 words
  17. BASALTIC ROCKS. 400 words
  18. VOLCANIC BOMBS. 900 words
  19. AERIFORM EXPLOSIONS. 500 words
  20. EJECTED GRANITIC FRAGMENTS. 600 words
  21. TRACHYTIC SERIES OF ROCKS. 800 words
  22. VEINS IN THE EARTHY TRACHYTIC MASSES. 300 words
  23. SILICEOUS SINTER AND JASPER. 800 words
  24. CONCRETIONS IN PUMICEOUS TUFF. 400 words
  25. FORMATION OF CALCAREOUS ROCKS ON THE SEA-COAST. 600 words
  26. A FRONDESCENT CALCAREOUS INCRUSTATION. 1,400 words
  27. FIRST. 200 words
  28. THIRDLY. 200 words
  29. FOURTHLY. 300 words
  30. FIFTHLY. 2,800 words
  31. LAMINATION OF VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE TRACHYTIC SERIES. 2,500 words
  32. CHAPTER IV. ST. HELENA. 400 words
  33. BASALTIC SERIES. 300 words
  34. BASAL SUBMARINE LAVAS. 200 words
  35. FLAGSTAFF HILL AND THE BARN. 1,200 words
  36. TURK’S CAP AND PROSPEROUS BAYS. 300 words
  37. BASALTIC RING. 400 words
  38. THE CENTRAL CURVED RIDGE. 1,800 words
  39. SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS. 900 words
  40. BEDS OF EXTINCT LAND-SHELLS. 600 words
  41. ELEVATION OF THE LAND. 400 words
  42. COAST DENUDATION. 600 words
  43. CRATERS OF ELEVATION. 1,600 words
  44. (FIGURE 11. MAP 3. GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO. 1,200 words
  45. SMALL BASALTIC CRATERS. 600 words
  46. ALBEMARLE ISLAND. 100 words
  47. FLUIDITY OF DIFFERENT LAVAS. 900 words
  48. CRATERS OF TUFF. 700 words
  49. BANKS’ COVE. 300 words
  50. JAMES ISLAND. 300 words
  51. SEGMENT OF A BASALTIC CRATER. 400 words
  52. PSEUDO-EXTRANEOUS, EJECTED FRAGMENTS. 500 words
  53. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE TUFF-CRATERS. 700 words
  54. MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION OF THE ROCKS. 200 words
  55. ELEVATION OF THE LAND. 300 words
  56. DIRECTION OF THE FISSURES OF ERUPTION. 200 words
  57. CHAPTER VI. TRACHYTE AND BASALT.—DISTRIBUTION OF VOLCANIC ISLES. 2,900 words
  58. ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF VOLCANIC ISLANDS. 1,600 words
  59. CHAPTER VII. AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 100 words
  60. NEW SOUTH WALES. 900 words
  61. STRATIFICATION OF THE ESCARPMENT. 400 words
  62. CURRENT-CLEAVAGE. 300 words
  63. VALLEYS IN THE SANDSTONE PLATFORMS. 1,200 words
  64. VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 700 words
  65. TRAVERTIN WITH EXTINCT PLANTS. 300 words
  66. ELEVATION OF THE LAND. 800 words
  67. KING GEORGE’S SOUND. 100 words
  68. SUPERFICIAL FERRUGINOUS BEDS. 200 words
  69. SUPERFICIAL CALCAREOUS DEPOSIT. 1,400 words
  70. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 800 words
  71. SANDSTONE FORMATION. 400 words
  72. INDEX TO VOLCANIC ISLANDS. 1,700 words

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