Mamelon (volcanology)
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A mamelon is a rock formation created by eruption of relatively thick or stiff lava through a narrow vent in the bedrock. Because the lava is not fluid, it does not flow away, but congeals around the
View of Le Mamelon Vert, La Tournette, France
Jean-Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin Bory de Saint-Vincent was a French naturalist, officer and politician. He was born on 6 July 1778 in Agen and died on 22 December 1846 in Paris. Biologist and geograp
Mamelon (volcanology)
…resulting pile of layers may stand over 100 metres (330 ft) above the surrounding surface. The term was coined by the French explorer and naturalist Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, to describe the central peak of the Dolomieu Crater in the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Réunion. Hanging Rock, in Victoria, Australia, is another…
Bory Saint Vincent 1778 1846
Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, protector of Bory de Saint-Vincent, under whose orders he served from 1809, and who appointed him colonel in 1814
The Classical Dictionary of Natural History in 17 volumes (1822), directed by Bory de Saint-Vincent. He published it, back in Paris, after 5 years of exile (1815-1820).
Bory de Saint-Vincent and the members of the scientific commission of the Morea Expedition studying the ruins of the stadium of ancient Messene (detail of a lithograph by Prosper Baccuet)