Robin Lacassin · @RobinLacassin
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I am totally astounded by what I read when I compare these two texts: Maria Graham's description of the coastal due to the 1822 , versus Charles Darwin's text on very similar phenomena related to the 1835 earthquake.

Read carefully, paying attention to the expressions used. It's like if borrowed Maria Graham's words, but also her interpretation about the accumulation of earthquakes raising the coast on the long term. šŸ¤”
Any comment ?

Both 1822 and 1835 earthquakes happened in Central on the between Nazca and South America . Darwin's description, based on Fitz Roy (Beagle's captain) observations, is considered as seminal.

Thanks @haq for pointing me to the work by Maria Graham.

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