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I.—On some British Pillow-lavas and the Rocks associated with them

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Henry Dewey  and
John Smith Flett
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If we take a rapid glance over the volcanic history of the British Isles we find that eruptions having the spilitic facies have occurred repeatedly, over a wide area and on a large scale.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 8 , Issue 6 , June 1911 , pp. 241 - 248
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1911

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