Lava Flows
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Geology of Vesuvius and Etna extracted from the letters of Charles Lyell, September and October 1858
Lava flow at Messina, Sicily, 9 November 1857
Document written by Sir Charles Lyell at Messina on the Island of Sicily describing his visit there in the autumn of 1857. The bulk of the document is spent describing the way lava flows down both steep and gentle slopes and specifically discusses the lava flow resulting from the 9 month long eruption of 1852/3. In addition he discusses the formation of the Val del Bove, 9 November 1857.
Letter to Leonard Horner from Sir Charles Lyell, 10 December 1857
Letter to Leonard Horner from Sir Charles Lyell discusing the internal structure of lava flows. Lyell also remarks on the probable nature of the additions to the core of Mount Vesuvius that had occurred that year, with illustrations, 10 December 1857.
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 1 May 1858
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 16 April 1858
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 25 March 1858
Notebook No.110, 25 June 1843 - 7 July 1843
Notebook No.239, 29 July 1859-11 August 1859
Translation of a letter from Gaetano Gemmellaro, 1850s
Translation of a letter from Gaetano Gemmellaro concerning the gradual elevation of the coast of Sicily, the inclination of lava flows, the origin of the Balzo D'Aci which he thinks was affected by an Earthquake and fossil shells found in the Pleistocene beds of Cefali, Sematica and other places in Sicily by himself, Phillipi and Professor Aradas. 1850s.