Die Geognosie der Vulkane

Authors

  • Herbert Pieper

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18443/83

Keywords:

1799-1804, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Geognosie, Vulkan

Abstract

Abstract

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“.

Author Biography

  • Herbert Pieper
    Herbert Pieper ist Mitarbeiter der Alexander-von-Humboldt-Forschungsstelle der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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Published

2007-01-09

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 13 (2006): Festschrift für Margot Faak zu Ehren ihres 80. Geburtstages

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Copyright (c) 2007 Herbert Pieper

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How to Cite

Die Geognosie der Vulkane . (2007). HiN - Alexander Von Humboldt in the Net. International Review for Humboldt Studies, 7(13), 75-81. https://doi.org/10.18443/83

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