
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- DIRECTIONS FOR THE BINDER
- CHAPTER I ON THE ELEVATION OF THE EASTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA
- CHAPTER II ON THE ELEVATION OF THE WESTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA
- CHAPTER III ON THE PLAINS AND VALLEYS OF CHILE:—SALIFEROUS SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS
- CHAPTER IV ON THE FORMATIONS OF THE PAMPAS
- CHAPTER V ON THE OLDER TERTIARY FORMATIONS OF PATAGONIA AND CHILE
- CHAPTER VI PLUTONIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS : —CLEAVAGE AND FOLIATION
- CHAPTER VII CENTRAL CHILE; STRUCTURE OF THE CORDILLERA
- CHAPTER VIII NORTHERN CHILE; CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- DIRECTIONS FOR THE BINDER
- CHAPTER I ON THE ELEVATION OF THE EASTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA
- CHAPTER II ON THE ELEVATION OF THE WESTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA
- CHAPTER III ON THE PLAINS AND VALLEYS OF CHILE:—SALIFEROUS SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS
- CHAPTER IV ON THE FORMATIONS OF THE PAMPAS
- CHAPTER V ON THE OLDER TERTIARY FORMATIONS OF PATAGONIA AND CHILE
- CHAPTER VI PLUTONIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS : —CLEAVAGE AND FOLIATION
- CHAPTER VII CENTRAL CHILE; STRUCTURE OF THE CORDILLERA
- CHAPTER VIII NORTHERN CHILE; CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- Geological Observations on South AmericaBeing the Third Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy, R. N. during the Years 1832 to 1836, pp. iii - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1846