Darwin, C. R. It may be suspected from correlation in range of cleavage with lines of disturbance. (11.1843) CUL-DAR42.55 Transcribed by John van Wyhe (<em>Darwin Online</em>, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 11.1843. It may be suspected from correlation in range of cleavage with lines of disturbance. CUL-DAR42.55. Transcribed by John van Wyhe. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by John van Wyhe, corrections by Kees Rookmaaker 5.2011. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with the permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR42 contains notes for Darwin's book South America (1846).

Novemb 1843

It may be suspected from correlation in range of cleavage with lines of disturbance (& considering lamination of lava volcanic rocks) that due to stretching — great continuity of cleavage not greater than great chains of mountains.— Why then diagonal to horizontal —

Introduce the notion if we follow out analog from lava — cleavage

؟ diagonal between is vertical stretching & a horizontal shrinking [sketch]

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