TY - BOOK AU - Darwin,Charles TI - Volcanic Islands AV - QE PY - 2002/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Beagle Expedition (1831-1836) KW - Volcanoes KW - Geology -- South America N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geological_Observations_on_the_Volcanic_Islands; Release date is 2002-02-01; Sue Asscher; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Volcanic Islands" by Charles Darwin is a geology book published in 1844. Based on observations from the HMS Beagle voyage, this work documents Darwin's geological findings across volcanic islands including St. Jago, the Galápagos, Ascension Island, and Saint Helena. The book presents groundbreaking insights into volcanic processes and rock formation, including an early account of magmatic differentiation through fractional crystallization. Part of Darwin's geology series, it offers detailed observations on island structures and geological change that earned praise as authoritative work on these remote regions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3054 ER -