Eruptions
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Draft manuscript concerning the geology of Madeira with index, June 1856
Draft manuscript concerning the geology of Madeira with index. Topics covered include: Size and structure of Madeira, Scoriaeceous formations, Fossil remains of 3 periods which are to be found on Madeira, Lavas, Successive eruptions. June 1856. Folio 399-412 is a notebook of drawings by JB [Joanna Baillie] Horner.
Etna. Discourse on the eruption of 1755, 1850s
Chronology of the eruption of Etna in the spring and summer of 1755 with an eye witness account, 1850s.
Index to Madeira Manuscript, 23 April 1856
Draft of manuscript relating to Madeira in which Lyell uses the knowledge gained from his visit to Madeira to prove that the structure of Madeira is due to a series of recurring eruptions, includes diagrams. Topics covered include: the Size of Madeira, Whether there is submarine scoriae in the centre of the island, Limestone and Miocene beds of S. Vicente Basaltic Lavas, (23 April 1856).
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 Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 25 March 1858
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Henry Edward Bunbury, 4 February 1857
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Henry Edward Bunbury regarding the eruption of Mount Etna on the 29 March 1809. He mentions volcanic activity on Etna prior to the eruption in the form of vents in the earth which issues steam and flames and that the volcano sent up jets of water during the eruption which, when falling on the lava flows, resulted in a series of explosions, 4 February 1857.
Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna, 1857-1858
Notes and correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna consists of:
- Notes
- Sketches and Maps
- Geological Cross sections
- Correspondence