HiN - Alexander von Humboldt im Netz. Internationale Zeitschrift für Humboldt-Studien (Oct 2006)
Die Geognosie der Vulkane
Abstract
Article in German, Abstract in English.The paper deals with Alexander von Humboldt’s researches into the “Geognosy” of volcanoes. In the long run these researches led him to changing his views from the "neptunistic" doctrine of Abraham Gottlob Werner to the concept of "vulcanism".
