Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME
- I ON THE FORMS OF THE STRATIFIED ALPS OF SAVOY (1863)
- II NOTES ON THE SHAPE AND STRUCTURE OF SOME PARTS OF THE ALPS, WITH REFERENCE TO DENUDATION (1865)
- III ON BANDED AND BRECCIATED CONCRETIONS (1867–1870)
- IV DEUCALION: COLLECTED STUDIES OF THE LAPSE OF WAVES AND LIFE OF STONES (1875–1883)
- V ON THE DISTINCTIONS OF FORM IN SILICA (1884)
- VI CATALOGUES OF MINERALS
- VII THE GRAMMAR OF SILICA (not hitherto published)
- APPENDIX: LETTERS, ADDRESSES, AND NOTES
- I NOTICE RESPECTING SOME ARTIFICIAL SECTIONS ILLUSTRATING THE GEOLOGY OF CHAMOUNI (1858)
- II LETTERS TO THE “READER” ON THE CONFORMATION OF THE ALPS (1864)
- III JAMES DAVID FORBES (1874)
- IV A LECTURE ON STONES (1876)
- V THE ALPINE CLUB AND THE GLACIERS (1878)
- VI INTRODUCTION TO W. G. COLLINGWOOD'S “LIMESTONE ALPS OF SAVOY” (1884)
- VII THE GARNET (1885)
- VIII A GEOLOGICAL RAMBLE IN SWITZERLAND
- INDEX
- Plate section
I - NOTICE RESPECTING SOME ARTIFICIAL SECTIONS ILLUSTRATING THE GEOLOGY OF CHAMOUNI (1858)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME
- I ON THE FORMS OF THE STRATIFIED ALPS OF SAVOY (1863)
- II NOTES ON THE SHAPE AND STRUCTURE OF SOME PARTS OF THE ALPS, WITH REFERENCE TO DENUDATION (1865)
- III ON BANDED AND BRECCIATED CONCRETIONS (1867–1870)
- IV DEUCALION: COLLECTED STUDIES OF THE LAPSE OF WAVES AND LIFE OF STONES (1875–1883)
- V ON THE DISTINCTIONS OF FORM IN SILICA (1884)
- VI CATALOGUES OF MINERALS
- VII THE GRAMMAR OF SILICA (not hitherto published)
- APPENDIX: LETTERS, ADDRESSES, AND NOTES
- I NOTICE RESPECTING SOME ARTIFICIAL SECTIONS ILLUSTRATING THE GEOLOGY OF CHAMOUNI (1858)
- II LETTERS TO THE “READER” ON THE CONFORMATION OF THE ALPS (1864)
- III JAMES DAVID FORBES (1874)
- IV A LECTURE ON STONES (1876)
- V THE ALPINE CLUB AND THE GLACIERS (1878)
- VI INTRODUCTION TO W. G. COLLINGWOOD'S “LIMESTONE ALPS OF SAVOY” (1884)
- VII THE GARNET (1885)
- VIII A GEOLOGICAL RAMBLE IN SWITZERLAND
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
In the Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol. iii., p. 348, an account has been given by Professor Forbes of the discussions which had then taken place as to the geological constitution of the chain of Mont Blanc, and as to the reality of the alleged superposition of the primary rock (gneiss) to the secondary (limestone), near Chamouni, and at Courmayeur.
In order to clear up any remaining doubt, Mr. Ruskin caused sections to be made, laying bare the junction at several points of the Valley of Chamouni. The results, which are perfectly accordant with the conclusions of the above-cited paper, have been kindly communicated by Mr. Ruskin to Professor Forbes, and are described and sketched by him in the following note. The order of the sections is from the head of the Valley of Chamouni towards its lower or south-western extremity.
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- The Works of John Ruskin , pp. 545 - 547Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1906