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CHAPTER VIII.. Effects of Earthquakes on Land.

Earthquakes and Other Earth Movements · John Milne — chapter 9 of 41 · ~41 words · public domain

EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKES ON LAND.

1. Cracks and fissures—Materials discharged from fissures—Explanation of fissure phenomena. 2. Disturbances in lakes, rivers, springs, wells, fumaroles, &c.—Explanation of these latter phenomena. 3. Permanent displacement of ground—On coast lines—Level tracts—Among mountains—Explanation of these movements 146

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